Post-Surgery Check-in App: Your Family Is Alerted If You Go Quiet at Home
A post-surgery check-in app for the weeks alone at home. One tap a day says you are fine, and a missed tap alerts your family, who open the message you wrote.
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TL;DR
Safety Checkpoint is a post-surgery check-in app for the weeks you spend alone at home. A recurring protocol asks for one tap at the time you choose each day, and your family gets a short email each time you tap. If a tap does not come, they are alerted within minutes. With their PIN, they open the message you wrote, with your surgery, your medications, your door code and your surgeon's number. Stop it when you are back on your feet. A daily check-in is a recurring protocol, on Safety 101 and above.
Who is this for?
People recovering at home after surgery, hospitalization, or injury, particularly those who live alone or whose caregiver is absent during part of the day. Also useful for family members coordinating post-discharge care remotely.
Why Is the Post-Discharge Period So Dangerous for Falls?
Hospital readmission within 30 days affects roughly 1 in 5 Medicare patients in the U.S. Falls are a real risk during home recovery, especially after orthopedic surgery, cardiac procedures, or any intervention that affects mobility.
During this temporary but critical period, a check-in gives you a structured safety net for the weeks of recovery.
In a study of 267 older adults in Australia, 41% fell in the year after knee replacement surgery, with the highest fall rate in the first month (Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 2022).
How Do Temporary Check-in Protocols Protect Recovery Patients?
Run it for the weeks you need
A recurring protocol has no end date: it runs every day until you stop it. Pause it on the days a caregiver is with you, resume the next morning, and stop it for good when you are steady.
Two protocols early, one later
A protocol asks for one tap per day. For the first critical days, run two, morning and afternoon. When you are steadier, stop the afternoon one. A running protocol cannot be edited, so tapering means stopping one, not changing it.
Include post-op details
Your alert message can include the info relevant to anyone checking on you: surgery type, medications, mobility restrictions, and doctor contact.
How Does a Recovery Check-in System Work?
Check-in reminder before the scheduled time
You receive a reminder 15 and 5 minutes before the hour you chose (e.g. 10 AM, and 3 PM from a second protocol), by email everywhere and as a push notification in the iPhone app (in beta). Tap to confirm you're okay, and your contacts get a short confirmation email.
Missed time reached
If you don't respond, the server marks the check-in missed within a couple of minutes. A reminder comes before the time. There is no separate buffer on a daily protocol. Only one-off protocols can hold the alert for a delay you set, up to 48 hours.
Contacts alerted by email, SMS on Survival
All designated contacts are alerted at once, from our servers, whatever your phone is doing. With their PIN, they open your pre-written message, including post-op details and access instructions.
What Does a Post-Surgery Recovery Alert Look Like?
Example message, opened by your contacts with their PIN
"Missed check-in. Sophie Martin (post-op recovery)
📍 8 Oak Lane, Apt 4
🏥 Right knee replacement, day 8 post-op
💊 Pain medication: prescribed oxycodone (last dose 8 AM)
⚠️ Limited mobility, uses crutches
🔑 Door code: 4521
📞 Surgeon: Dr. Patel, (555) 678-9012"