An app that lets doctors keep tabs on liver-disease patients also keeps sufferers out of hospital, according to a new study.
Patients at the Royal Free Hospital in London took a range of daily measurements including blood pressure, weight, and scores on a memory test, and logged the results on a smartphone app.
Liver specialists at the hospital led by Professor Raj Mookerjee were granted instant access to the results, meaning they could remotely monitor patients and spot early warning signs of deterioration.
The early trial of 20 patients showed that only a quarter were admitted to hospital over a period of 12 weeks, compared with 40 per cent of a group of patients who were not using the app.
Patients who did go to hospital were discharged a week earlier, on average, than those who didn’t use the app.
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