Clinical Trials

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults ≥ 18 years of age.
• Willing and able to provide informed consent.
• Candidates for one of the following inpatient elective surgery procedures:
  • abdominal wall reconstruction;
  • mastectomy with and without reconstruction;
  • bariatric procedures;
  • pancreatectomy;
  • hepatectomy;
  • aortic surgery;
  • lower extremity bypass;
  • esophagectomy;
  • colectomy.
• Further, patients must be willing to actively work with RPM nurses with vital sign capturing.
• Patients will require a Mayo Clinic primary care physician involved in managing issues that would prevent readmission but not necessarily related to their surgical episode. 

Exclusion Criteria:

• Have uncontrolled mental illness and/or drug or alcohol abuse.
• Reside in a long-term care facility.
• Are being actively followed by dialysis or transplant services.
• Are pregnant.
• Are being actively treated for cancer.
• Are identified as end-of-life by provider.
• Have dementia, cognitive impairment, or physical condition that limits ability to use home remote monitoring equipment independently or interact with remote patient monitoring staff (unless a caregiver commits to assisting daily).