Telehealth Home-monitoring for Frailty in Cardiac Surgery

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Medical reasons for exclusion
• •1. Patients who have unstable or recent unstable cardiac syndrome requiring urgent (within 24hr) or emergent surgery
• •2. Acute endocarditis who are at higher risk for adverse events
• •2. Dialysis dependent who are at higher risk for adverse events
• •3. Patients who have cognitive deficits, visual impairments, inability to read or major difficulties with electronic devices that would preclude use of the intervention
• •4. Patients who do not have any support or potential caregivers to help facilitate their transition home
• •5. Patients undergoing minimally invasive surgery which has been shown to enhance recovery
• •6. Patients unable to be discharged home within 10 days of their surgery. The average length of hospitalization is 5 days with frail patients often requiring additional time but usually within 10 days unless some major barrier exists in allowing discharge home.
• •7. Patients who are transferred to another hospital for recovery or care.