HealthTech draft guidance

Activate Your Heart is a web-based cardiac rehabilitation platform for a range of cardiac conditions including:

• all coronary heart disease conditions

• rehabilitation after bypass or valve surgery

• spontaneous coronary artery dissection

• heart failure

• arrhythmias.
  
  It is part of the i-IMPACT online platform. The platform personalises features such as exercise programmes and educational resources using input from a healthcare professional and the user.

Beat Better is a web and app-based cardiac rehabilitation platform for people who have had a myocardial infarction or coronary artery bypass graft. Healthcare professionals can use the platform to provide exercise and dietary recommendations, and educational resources on heart health and symptom recognition. Users can track health measurements, exercise symptoms, mood and medication using the app, which can be reviewed by healthcare professionals.

Datos Health is a digital remote monitoring AI-enabled platform for supporting cardiac rehabilitation. The Datos CareApp allows users to track vitals such as heart rate, blood pressure and weight, report symptoms, complete assessments, and receive personalised educational content.

D REACH-HF is a website-based digital platform developed for people with heart failure. It is adapted from the paper REACH-HF programme, which includes exercise programmes, educational content, progress tracking and resources for family and friends. D REACH-HF needs support from a healthcare professional.

The Digital Heart Manual is a website-based digital version of the paper Heart Manual Programme (NHS Lothian). There are different versions available for people who have had:

• a myocardial infarction or angioplasty

• revascularisation (angioplasty and coronary bypass) but no myocardial infarction.
  
  The platform includes an exercise guide, education, diet, medication and psychological support. The healthcare professional can review and adjust goals in collaboration with the user based on their input through standard NHS communication channels.

Get Ready is a website- and app-based management, remote monitoring and patient engagement platform. It can be used to support cardiac rehabilitation for people with CVD, including people who with heart failure and those who have had coronary revascularisation, valve repair or replacement. The platform delivers educational content on cardiac conditions and risk factors, and general guidance on daily activities, which can be customised by healthcare professionals for local needs.

Gro Health HeartBuddy is an app-based cardiac rehabilitation platform for people:

• who have had:

  • a myocardial infarction

  • percutaneous coronary intervention

  • a coronary artery bypass graft

  • a new diagnosis of heart failure or atrial fibrillation

• after acute admissions for decompensated heart failure or uncontrolled atrial fibrillation.
  
  The platform personalises content on education, exercise programmes, health tracking, dietary support, medication adherence support, psychosocial support, lifestyle and behavioural modifications and healthcare professional engagement based on input from the user.

KiActiv is a digital platform for cardiac rehabilitation that incorporates a web application, mobile application and a proprietary wearable device that collects and processes physical activity data. It can be used by people with cardiac conditions including acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease and post-cardiac surgery. Data collected through the applications and from the wearable device help users create personalised cardiac rehabilitation programmes. KiActiv provides interactive tools for users to log and self-monitor medication use, physical activity data, pain, stress, fatigue, overall health, lifestyle behaviours and symptoms. A mentor employed by KiActiv signposts users to educational resources related to nutrition, medical risk management, smoking cessation, and psychosocial health (including peer-support groups) at set times.

Luscii vitals is an app that can be used to support cardiac rehabilitation. It provides personalised exercise plans that are developed with the cardiac rehabilitation team. Users can self-monitor by recording their symptoms or completing questionnaires, and outputs such as educational resources can be personalised based on these inputs.

myHeart is an app- and web-based cardiac rehabilitation platform for people with heart disease or recovering from cardiac surgery. The platform automatically personalises educational content and guidance using the user's diagnosis and information about their lifestyle including smoking and weight. This can be done remotely to complement face-to-face sessions. The platform provides lifestyle and risk factor interventions such as symptom trackers, an activity diary, a medication diary, and electrocardiograph and echocardiogram results tracking as well as psychosocial support.

The Pumping Marvellous Foundation is a heart failure charity that provides a web-based online cardiac rehabilitation platform for people with heart failure. It provides structured exercise programmes based on the person's ability to exercise (low and medium). The platform also provides educational material and psychosocial support through a peer-to-peer online community.

R Plus Health is an app and web-based platform that provides exercise prescription and heart rate monitoring for people with a chronic heart condition including heart failure, stable angina, coronary revascularisation and post-cardiac surgery. The app allows users to follow their exercise prescriptions, access health education materials, record vitals such as heart rate, blood pressure, weight and diet, and complete questionnaires personalised by their healthcare professional. Users are prompted to measure vitals at intervals during exercise sessions, which can trigger alerts to healthcare professionals if abnormal. Healthcare professionals can prescribe long-term exercise prescriptions and set follow-up plans after the initial programme.

Sword Move is an app-based cardiac rehabilitation platform for people recovering from acute coronary syndrome, cardiac surgery, and people diagnosed with heart failure. It provides personalised exercise and guidance developed with a company-employed physical health specialist. The platform uses a proprietary AI model to analyse and collect the user's history and performance, suggest actions and alert abnormalities to the physical health specialists through the healthcare professional portal. The platform also provides personalised educational content, resources and guided meditation and breathing exercises.

For information, Carbon Reduction Plans for UK carbon emissions for 2 technologies are published here:

• DDM Health: DDM's Carbon Reduction Plan (PDF only)

• R Plus Health: R Plus Health's Cardiac Reduction Plan (PDF only).