Development of a telehealth monitoring service after colorectal surgery: A feasibility study

Table 1 Symptoms recognised by Florence

Symptoms
Nausea and vomiting	Stoma - constipation	Fever
Urinary	Emptying stoma bag	Generally unwell
Wound appearance	Bowels - loose stools	Tired
Painful wound	Bowels - constipated	Swollen leg
Stoma - loose motion	Pain	Shortness of breath/chest pain

Table 2 List of diagnoses and care team responsible

Colorectal team	Emergency department	General practitioner
Small bowel obstruction, postoperative ileus, retention of urine, hernia, surgical site infection, stoma problems, high output stoma, SIRS, fever, DVT, hypotension	Breathlessness, chest pain	Analgesia review, urinary tract infection

SIRS: Systemic inflammatory response syndrome; DVT: Deep vein thrombosis.

Table 3 Well-being, observations and symptoms: Readmitted vs non-readmitted

	No. of Patients	Total follow-up period (d)	Mean follow-up (d)	No. of days unwell (%)	Abnormal observations, n (%)	Symptoms reported, n (n/d)
Not readmitted	14	390	27.9	9 (3)	21 (5)	37 (0.09)
	3	34	11.3	14 (54)	12 (18)	55 (1.62)