Zimmer Biomet, HSS Deploy Remote Care Management Platform

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. and Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health, today announced an exclusive agreement to deploy and commercialize HSS Orthopedic Care Pathways on Zimmer Biomet’s mymobility with Apple Watch, a first-of-its-kind remote care management platform.
 
Through Zimmer Biomet, healthcare systems and clinicians worldwide will be able to implement HSS Orthopedic Care Pathways through the mymobility platform. In addition, the mymobility with Apple Watch platform will now be accessible to clinicians and patients in the HSS network.
 
“We’re proud to partner with Hospital for Special Surgery to deploy these state-of-the-art surgical care pathways and offer them through our innovative mymobility with Apple Watch remote care management platform,” said Ivan Tornos, Group President for Global Businesses and the Americas at Zimmer Biomet. “During a time when it’s critical for healthcare professionals to find virtual approaches to safely care for and connect with patients, partnership from hospitals like HSS will help make virtual care a new standard for orthopedic patients across the globe.”
 
mymobility with Apple Watch and iPhone acts as a virtual care team member by providing patients with support and guidance at the direction of their healthcare professional as they prepare for and recover from orthopedic procedures from the comfort of their home. mymobility leverages the powerful sensors on Apple Watch to measure a patient’s activity (e.g. number of steps, stairs, stand time and heart rate) and post-operative progress. mymobility with Apple Watch also enables virtual connections between patients and healthcare professionals throughout the surgical episode of care, with the goal of lowering the overall cost of care. HSS Orthopedic Care Pathways are comprised of customized patient content created by HSS healthcare professionals, including pre-operative and post-operative care protocols, exercises, surveys, questionnaires, education materials and clinical parameters.
 
“Through mymobility with Apple Watch, HSS will help Zimmer Biomet raise standards and new possibilities for remote patient care and wellness,” said Louis A. Shapiro, President and CEO at HSS. “It is another way we are extending the reach and impact of HSS’ expertise cultivated through 157 years of specialization and continuous advancement of quality.”
 
“Partnering with Zimmer Biomet to deploy our validated protocols and expertise into care pathways on the mymobility with Apple Watch remote care platform advances our commitment to delivering expert, customized patient care and brings HSS’ highly-regarded approach to the surgical journey to healthcare systems, clinicians and patients around the world,” said Leonard Achan, President of the Innovation Institute at HSS. “Bringing mymobility with Apple Watch, combined with HSS Orthopedic Care Pathways, to the HSS network, will not only enhance physician and patient communication while allowing patients to recover from home where appropriate, but will also provide our physicians with key mobility metrics and outcomes data collected through Apple Watch and the mymobility patient app to help us further optimize our pre- and post-surgery protocols.”
 
The HSS Orthopedic Care Pathways will be introduced in early 2021 and will be commercially available worldwide through Zimmer Biomet in the first half of the year.