Major milestone for app supporting patients in Shropshire as 10,000 users are registered

10,000 patients are now registered on the myrecovery app that was developed by surgeons to support patients in preparing for and recovering from surgery. It was first launched at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in September 2022 for foot and ankle patients. 

The app has since been rolled out to patients under the care of arthroplasty, sports injuries and upper limb specialities across the Oswestry-based hospital, and now more widely to all musculoskeletal patients who are registered with a GP in Shropshire, and Telford and Wrekin. 

Quality Outcomes Manager and myrecovery Lead, Sammy Davies said: "It’s fantastic that so many patients have now registered to use myrecovery - and we continue to receive really positive feedback on the app."

The app aims to deliver useful resources to patients including articles, videos and an information library that is specific to treatment and automatically updates as a patient progresses through their treatment journey.  

There are also surveys to help better manage a patient’s progress that are monitored by the Quality Outcomes Team.

Sammy added: "The app is also benefitting a variety of teams across the hospital, including pharmacy who use it for medication reminders and pain management information; infection prevention and control who monitor patients for wound infections post-surgery; and occupational therapy who benefit from equipment height forms and an exercise tracker; among more. 

"We also take onboard feedback left by patients to continue to grow and develop the content available. For example, we had feedback that it’s easier to pay attention to videos than a page of words, so we are working with the Medical Illustration Team to make more video content available to patients."