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Barriers to Post-Discharge Smartphone Application Use in Patients with Traumatic Rib Fractures
Margaret T Berrigan;
Brendin R Beaulieu-Jones;
Rachel Baines;
Seth Berkowitz;
Heather Evans;
Gabriel A Brat
ABSTRACT
In this study, we sought to assess the feasibility of mobile health tracking in patients with rib fractures by using a hospital-approved smartphone application to monitor post-discharge recovery. While we experienced no technical or user-reported issues with application use, we encountered several barriers to successful implementation of this tool which we suggest addressing in future work by employing an implementation science framework to optimize the use of this technology and improve post-injury care.
Citation
Please cite as:
Berrigan MT, Beaulieu-Jones BR, Baines R, Berkowitz S, Evans H, Brat GA
Barriers to Postdischarge Smartphone App Use Among Patients With Traumatic Rib Fractures