Personalized surgical care platform with a virtual health coach
Novel Digital Health Platform with Virtual Health Coach for Improving Perioperative Patient Outcomes and Care Coordination
['FUNDING_OTHER'] · PIP CARE, INC. · NIH-11263822
A smartphone app with tailored guidance and a live virtual health coach to help people at higher risk prepare for and recover from surgery.
Quick facts
| Phase | ['FUNDING_OTHER'] |
|---|---|
| Study type | Nih_funding |
| Sex | All |
| Sponsor | PIP CARE, INC. (nih funded) |
| Locations | 1 site (NEW YORK, UNITED STATES) |
| Trial ID | NIH-11263822 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
What this research studies
This project builds Pip, an interactive platform that gives you a step-by-step, personalized surgical journey with reminders, education, and a live health coach for questions and motivation. The platform aims to address modifiable risk factors by offering prehabilitation exercises, medication and anemia prompts, symptom tracking, and coordinated task lists tied to your surgical timeline. The team will pilot the tool with surgical patients, focusing on those at intermediate or high perioperative risk, and collect hospital, readmission, complication, and satisfaction data to refine the coaching and workflows. The goal is to make perioperative instructions less confusing and to connect your care team, coaching, and personalized plan in one place.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Adults scheduled for major surgery who are at intermediate or high perioperative risk and can use a smartphone app and interact with a virtual health coach are the best candidates.
Not a fit: People without upcoming surgery, those at very low surgical risk, or those without smartphone access or interest in digital coaching may not benefit from this platform.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could reduce postoperative complications, shorten hospital stays, and improve patients' recovery experiences.
How similar studies have performed: Related digital coaching and prehabilitation programs have shown promising results in improving preparation and some outcomes, but combining live coaching with integrated perioperative workflows is relatively new.
Where this research is happening
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- PIP CARE, INC. — NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (ACTIVE)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: MAHAJAN, AMAN — PIP CARE, INC.
- Study coordinator: MAHAJAN, AMAN
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
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