Capreolos (formerly Patronus Health),  the developer of an interactive, app-based surgery prehabilitation programme for patients, doctors, and clinics, has launched its first product, the Ready4OP app.  The digital companion supports patients preparing for major operations. Capreolos provides evidence-based, scientifically sound information and useful facts about surgery and hospital stays. The Ready4OP app also provides a guide to questions for doctor-patient discussions. It is intended to help patients and their care givers to optimally prepare for the first consultation with  their surgeon. In everyday medical practice, general practitioners and other non-surgical specialists are often unable to fully cover  all the relevant information and provide  this support to their patients.

Prof. Andreas Schnitzbauer, Chief Executive Officer of Capreolos and Deputy Clinic Director of the Clinic for General and Visceral Surgery at the University Hospital Frankfurt, said: ”Through many years of surgical experience, we know that up to  two in three people have problems finding reliable and understandable health information. This is especially true before major cancer surgeries but often begins  with a diagnosis. Many patients are unable to correctly interpret the consequences of an illness on their health and find it difficult to ask their doctor the right questions. In addition, the stressful daily demands of physicians can make it a challenge to recognize the varying levels of knowledge and health literacy of patients. Doctors cannot assume specialist knowledge on the patient side. This is where the Ready4OP app comes in, providing a digital patient textbook. By empowering patients, our  app strengthens autonomy in dealing with medical documents and communicating  with specialized doctors.”

Dr Dora Zmuc, Chief Business Development Officer at Capreolos and originator of  the idea behind the Ready4OP app, explained: “The Ready4OP app is our first product in a still young market. We designed the app as a living platform that allows for quick adjustments and the addition of new modules in the shortest time possible. It can incorporate ideas from patients, doctors, and even other stakeholders. The Ready4OP app is the first step taken by Capreolos to build a comprehensive prehabilitation programme.”

The Ready4OP app is available free of charge in the Apple Appstore and in the Google Playstore. It is a learning tool for patients before major surgeries. In addition to interventions in the case of cancer in the abdomen, thorax or breast, it also includes bariatric (weight-reducing) interventions  in overweight people or hernia repairs  after previous surgeries. The digital  patient textbook uses nine categories and 52 subcategories and includes information on how to best communicate with your doctor and how to easily understand complicated facts, how patients can best prepare in the weeks before the procedure (prehabilitation) and what the procedure process before and after the hospital stay can look like.

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