Table 3.
Number of patients (and the associated 30-day revisit rates) treated for a general medical or cardiology condition in the Emergency Department, who were invited to use the GetWell Loop application.
Application usage or nonusage | Revisit within 30 days of discharge home, n | No revisit within 30 days of discharge home, n | Total, n | 30-day revisit rate (%) | P value | ||
Use of the application: general medicine patients | <.001 | ||||||
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Number of patients not activating their account | 370 | 1132 | 1502 | 24.6 |
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Number of patients activating their account | 101 | 484 | 585 | 17.3 |
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Total | 471 | 1616 | 2087 | 22.6 |
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Use of the application: cardiology patients | .01 | ||||||
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Number of patients not activating their account | 230 | 1072 | 1302 | 17.7 |
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Number of patients activating their account | 61 | 416 | 477 | 12.8 |
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Total | 291 | 1488 | 1779 | 22.6 |
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