Pt Pal Pro vs USC TeleCARE Usage & Stats

Pt Pal is used for clinical care and research. Please note: A PT PAL CLINICIAN MUST REGISTER PATIENTS. YOU CANNOT REGISTER FOR THIS APP WITHOUT A CLINICIAN. If you are a patient without a Pt Pal Clinician please contact us before registering for the app. Pt Pal Pro is used with your physical, occupational and/or speech therapist(s), or any clinician/doctor that is giving paper instructions or survey instruments to the patient, including; Cardiac Rehab, Brain Injury, Women's Health, IVF, OB and Wound Care. Pt Pal Pro lets your clinician retire paper instructions and surveys and send your medical instructions, tasks, exercises and activities directly to your phone. Pt Pal leverages CareKit, ResearchKit and HealthKit frameworks for surveys, task management and integration with other apps and devices. Pt Pal Pro is the first health care app to employ Apple’s CareKit and HealthKit and was showcased at WWDC 2016. Pt Pal uses CareKit to track health monitor symptoms and share the information with healthcare providers. This allows users to understand and manage their health conditions actively with the help of their care team. Pt Pal integrates with Health App to augment accelerometer data collected by iPhone to show your clinicians the number of daily steps taken. Pt Pal Pro uses CareKit and ResearchKit and includes the following features for clinical practice & research: 1. Activities: Allows clinicians to send care tasks, education, exercises and surveys to monitor and track progress and provide active intervention. Surveys include: - Patient Reported Outcomes surveys - Journals - Logs, e.g. Food, Fluid, Wounds, Sleep, Brain Injury recovery process, etc. 2. Reminders: Notifications are sent out to remind patients to do any tasks at a set time and if any are not completed. 3. Complex healthcare interventions: Allows clinicians to send patients information in various formats. Pt Pal includes multiple tools for patients such as noise distractions while doing an exercise for tracking focus. 4. Multi-media interface: Written descriptions of self-care and caregiver information as well as ability to record video with your clinician for playback. 5. Dashboard: See your completion data in the app as you progress with your care tasks. 6. Care Team: Pt Pal has the whole care team and their information on Pt Pal. 7. Connect: Communicate with your clinician and receive messages about your care. 8. Caregiver: Include support partners in your care. Allow the support partner to see your progress, care tasks and help with your care. Support partners can receive their own care information, integral for their self-care and enabling them to care for another. Pt Pal also lets family members view activity remotely. 9. Consent: Pt Pal allows patients to sign a consent agreement through the app using their signature. 10. Tracking: Pt Pal monitors recovery, progress, wellness with medication reminders, appointments, and healthcare information critical to successful recovery. With your permission Pt Pal allows you to authorize collection of HealthKit data. We ask your permission to collect the following data from HealthKit: heart rate, sleep, steps, walking+running distance, workouts. We will not share this information with third parties for any purpose and will only use this information for the sole purpose of fulfilling your request and tracking your healthcare progress. https://www.ptpal.com/legal For patients, Pt Pal Pro is the assistant you have been looking for to help with your healthcare. Pt Pal Pro helps you: - remember when to do your exercises or activities - shows you how your therapist wants you to do your exercises or activities - counts out loud for you so you don’t have to - keeps track of your progress With Better Tools, Expect Better Outcomes.