The videos feature real people and settings and models critical self-management skills for patients. The app integrates directly into the doctor’s delivery-of-care system. It enables healthcare professionals to send individualized video playlists to patients’ bedside, tablet or smart devices. This makes it easy to target education to patients, which improves compliance with discharge instructions and reduces complications and readmissions.
The app can also help doctors overcome language barriers. Additional features of HealthClips RX include documentation of patient viewings, bookmarking and annotation and the ability to attach surveys. HealthClips RX has a de-identified patient login, making it HIPAA compliant. HealthClips RX is available for download from the iTunes Store. It is compatible with iPad and it requires iOS 4.0 or later.