Published on in Vol 7 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/52125, first published .
A Novel Digital Health Platform With Health Coaches to Optimize Surgical Patients: Feasibility Study at a Large Academic Health System

A Novel Digital Health Platform With Health Coaches to Optimize Surgical Patients: Feasibility Study at a Large Academic Health System

A Novel Digital Health Platform With Health Coaches to Optimize Surgical Patients: Feasibility Study at a Large Academic Health System

Stephen Andrew Esper   1 * , MD, MBA ;   Jennifer Holder-Murray   2 * , MD ;   Katie Ann Meister   1 * , BS, CPM ;   Hsing-Hua Sylvia Lin   3 , MS, PhD ;   David Kojo Hamilton   4 , MD ;   Yram Jan Groff   5 , MD ;   Brian Scott Zuckerbraun   2 , MD ;   Aman Mahajan   1 , MD, MBA, PhD

1 Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

2 Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

3 Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

4 Department of Neurosurgical Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

5 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Stephen Andrew Esper, MD, MBA
  • Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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