SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reflexion Health Inc., a digital healthcare company, has partnered with Yale New Haven Hospital’s (YNHH) Center for Musculoskeletal Care (CMC) to deliver New England’s first in-home virtual exercise rehabilitation program starting this month. The primary goal of this new and innovative approach is to help YNHH patients recover more easily, quickly and efficiently from joint replacement surgery via an FDA-cleared Virtual Exercise Rehabilitation Assistant called VERA™. Additionally, recognizing that post-acute care (PAC) costs represent almost 50 percent of the total cost of joint replacement, VERA was purpose-built to help patients and healthcare systems ensure the highest-value outcomes.
VERA is a digital therapy platform designed by Reflexion Health that integrates a broad menu of prescription rehabilitation exercises, an animated avatar coach, a 3D imaging system for measuring movement and form, functional assessments, an intuitive dashboard for remote clinical review, automatic report generation, and telemedicine capability to deliver a comprehensive, home-based rehabilitation experience. Using VERA, patients simply stand in front of the specially equipped 3D camera and ‘she’ demonstrates, detects, measures and analyzes individually prescribed movements while providing helpful feedback along the way. In early use, VERA demonstrated increased patient engagement and improved adherence to prescribed exercises, all while increasing the reach of physical therapists into patients’ homes, saving steps, time and money.
VERA has been introduced to patients pre-surgery and concurrently installed in their homes for a seamless, effective and convenient physical rehabilitation experience post-surgery. While recovering at Yale New Haven Hospital, patients will have the opportunity to use VERA in their private patient rooms in the CMC unit. Once home, YNHH therapists will have the ability to remotely monitor their patient’s in-home progress and discuss results by phone or directly through VERA’s telehealth capability to ensure the successful achievement of rehabilitation goals.
“By partnering with one of the most respected and technically advanced healthcare systems in New England, we are excited to help a growing population of patients who are planning for and recovering from joint replacement surgery,” said Dr. Joseph (Joe) Smith, MD, PhD, President and CEO of Reflexion Health. “VERA’s ability to transform and personalize rehabilitation while increasing patient engagement and satisfaction is a great complement to traditional physical therapy.”
About Reflexion Health, Inc. Reflexion Health is a digital healthcare company dedicated to transforming traditional medicine and improving clinical outcomes by delivering meaningful, patient-centered care at reduced costs. VERA™, Reflexion Health’s signature solution, is an FDA-cleared Virtual Exercise Rehabilitation Assistant that detects motion and remotely monitors the effectiveness of prescribed physical therapy in real-time. VERA brings the guidance of a physical therapist into the home to coach and motivate patients through recovery from joint replacement surgery or as a preventative therapy to reduce falls. For more information, visit www.reflexionhealth.com and follow us at @ReflexionHealth.
