Post-Surgery Wound Healing Tracking With MyHealthPal App

Conditions

• Wound Infection and Wound Healing

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• MyHealthPal App — DEVICE
  MyHealthPal (MHP) is a digital platform for postoperative patients to analyze surgical wound characteristics remotely through photos and additional patient data to provide physicians with SSI risk predictions and inform clinical decision making. It allows postoperative patients to capture and upload wound photos and enter surgery-related medication intake (antibiotics, painkillers), vital signs, wound inputs, and well-being patient data. Patients and providers can access the mobile applications using their own smart devices, while healthcare providers can access the desktop portal through a personal computer. MHP provides a prediction report for healthcare providers anytime a patient enters any data. If the patient uploads a high quality surgical incision photo, MHP's prediction reports include an SSI risk prediction: elevated risk or standard risk. MHP's AI-based algorithm analyzes wound photos for characteristics indicative of infection and provides risk predictions for providers.

Study Details

The investigators want to explore the use of a smartphone app that allows patients to take photos of their wounds in early stages of healing, so that clinicians can monitor wound-healing remotely with the assistance of an AI program. Participants will choose whether they want to be in the control group or the app group. Participants in the app group will be asked to download an app on their personal smartphone before their surgery. After the procedure, participants will upload a photo of their surgery site as well as answer some questions about its characteristics either on a daily or weekly basis. A healthcare provider and the app's AI algorithm will observe this information to determine the risk of infection. Participants in the control group will not be asked to use the app. Their medical record will be monitored by study staff intermittently to see if they develop infection. This study will take approximately 16 weeks.

Key Dates

Start date

Mar 27, 2026

Status verified

Apr 2026

Primary completion

Jan 1, 2027

Completion

Dec 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment

150 participants (estimated)

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Arms

• Experimental: MyHealthPal App Users
  If a participant chooses to be in the app study group, they will be provided with training materials on the MyHealthPal app. After set-up is complete, they will be asked to complete a quick survey on how the set-up went. One day after their surgical procedure (defined as Day 1), the participant will begin using the MyHealthPal app on their smartphone. For the first 14 days, they will upload a photo of their surgical wound each day and answer a few questions about their wound and how they are feeling. After the first 2 weeks, they will upload a photo of their surgical wound and answer the same questions once every week for 4 months. The participant will be asked to complete two more surveys regarding their opinion of the app. The app will use the photos and answers to track wound healing and assess risk of infection. It will use AI to assess risk, and that assessment will be sent to the provider to confirm its accuracy. The app will be used to track wound healing remotely.
• No Intervention: Controls
  Control participants will be required to complete one patient satisfaction survey six weeks post-operation, and will be given the choice to complete a second satisfaction survey sixteen weeks post-operation.

Primary Outcome Measure

Imageability [ Time Frame: From enrollment to end of app usage at 16 weeks post-surgery ]

Central Contacts

• Meghan L Cabral
  617-732-9502
  [email protected]
• Emma Feldman
  617-732-9278
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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