Information and Consent

THRUST Programme

Aim:

The primary purpose of this monitoring programme is to empower you to improve your blood pressure and help you optimise your lifestyle with the aid of innovative e-health solutions and mobile applications. A multidisciplinary team, which includes your GP, health coach, nutritionist, dietitian and care coordinator/nurse will work with you at all stages of your journey and ensure that you will be provided with holistic care.

What is required:

You will install 3 applications into your smartphone: our monitoring platform, blood pressure and lifestyle monitoring application. A bluetooth-enabled blood pressure monitoring device, lifestyle tracker and body composition scale will be passed to you. We will instruct you on how to operate these devices. The initial setup on the various platforms may take up to an hour depending on various factors (e.g. phone type, proficiency with device and connectivity). You will be asked to monitor your blood pressure at least twice a day, preferably in the morning and night at approximately the same time daily, for a period determined by your healthcare provider. It should be performed at home and the data will be shared with your doctor and our monitoring staff securely via our application platform. You may also receive notifications regarding the status of your blood pressure reading and relevant health information through the application. We may remind you to take a blood pressure reading if it has not been done. The body composition monitoring will require you to take your reading at least once a day. Please also wear your lifestyle tracker at all times as this will allow us to keep track of your daily activities (steps, exercise intensity and sleep). The data gathered will be shared with your doctor and our monitoring staff securely via our application platform. You may also receive notifications regarding the status of your blood pressure, sleep and steps count, as well as body composition reading and relevant health information through the application. Our multidisciplinary team may remind you to take your daily monitoring readings if they have not been done.

Please handle all devices with care; they are to be returned to us upon completion of the monitoring programme (Applicable for loaned blood pressure monitoring device, lifestyle tracker and body composition scale).

Things to note:

The monitoring of blood pressure, activity and sleep will not cause any major discomfort to you. The only possible side effect will be a skin allergy to the material of the blood pressure cuff. If you do happen to develop a rash while wearing the device, please remove the blood pressure cuff and inform us or the clinic at the next convenient time.

Telecommunication between you and your care team is kept strictly confidential and secured. Any information obtained from this telecommunication session will only be shared among those involved in your direct care. Your anonymized data may be used for the purpose of analytics for future improvements.

What are the benefits?

This monitoring programme is to enable better clinical and wellness management, monitoring and follow-up of hypertension and lifestyle optimisation between you, your healthcare provider and the multidisciplinary team from Witz-U Pte. Ltd. Data and information gathered in this monitoring programme will only be shared between the parties as stated above. Please note that this monitoring programme does NOT supersede any current practice of acute clinical management. In the event if you are feeling unwell, please contact your healthcare provider or the nearest hospital as soon as possible.