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To support their heart patients to complete recovery after surgery program, Australian scientists had an idea to develop new techniques of caring for and supervising the patient’s cell phone.

This method has been tested by a team from the CSIRO Australian E-Health Research Center (AEHRC) and Queensland Health. They use cell phones to collect and deliver health information and also monitor the activities of patients from their homes to a central computer data via Bluetooth.

Head AEHRc Dr Phil Gurney said less than 20 percent of patients after cardiac surgery should follow the recovery program for six weeks, should be back and forth to the hospital to check on their health condition.

“Therefore we provide this technology to meet those needs,” Gurney said as quoted from the ABC Science.

Cell phone used in this method has advanced accelerator that measures physical activity such as number of patients footsteps every day. Patients can also use their phones to record data and the level of blood pressure scale.

Patients were asked to photograph what they ate breakfast, recording video at the time they exercise, and using an electronic diary on the phone to record the data of stress levels, dietary habits, smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages.

“We try to utilize existing technology to each patient’s condition can be monitored well and save time and cost,” added Gurney.

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