An Innovative Approach to Cardiac Recovery, Backed by Evidence.

Recora is redesigning heart health, beginning with cardiac recovery. Our services build off of extensive evidence supporting the benefits of home-based cardiac rehabilitation and clinical guidelines for the provision of exercise therapy. Click on any section below to learn more.

Recora recently published its innovative approach in a JAMA Health Forum perspective.

What is cardiac recovery and who is it for?

Studies show the majority of US patients do not participate in even a single session.

Cardiac rehabilitation is indicated following a heart attack, heart surgery (stent placement, coronary artery bypass surgery, or valvular surgery) as well as for patients who chronically manage congestive heart failure or stable angina. Typical cardiac rehabilitation programs include a few components: aerobic exercise training, nutritional counseling, disease education, psychosocial support, and (if applicable) tobacco cessation. A full course includes 36 supervised aerobic exercise sessions, but cost, transportation, and wait times are often challenges to completing this course. Cardiac benefits and reduced rehospitalizations can be observed after as few as 12 sessions.

What’s the impact?

Engaging with cardiac rehabilitation can result in myriad benefits.

These programs have been demonstrated to reduce mortality, reduce all-cause hospitalizations, improve health-related quality of life, reduce cardiovascular risk factors (blood pressure, high cholesterol), and improve perceived social support.

Home-based cardiac rehabilitation is continuous, comprehensive, and can yield significant outcomes

In a randomized control trial comparing center-based versus virtual cardiac rehabilitation, virtual programs have higher engagement and superior results in lipid profile, diet, exercise, emotional well-being, and quality of life.

Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation, Readmissions and Death After Acute Myocardial Infarction

In this 10 year longitudinal study, members who participated in CR experienced 50% fewer lifetime all-cause hospitalizations.

Use of Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Heart Attack Survivors

In this retrospective study of approximately 600,000 heart attack survivors in the US, patients who completed cardiac rehab were 57% less likely to experience cardiac-related mortality.

Cardiac Rehabilitation: Putting More Patients on the Road to Recovery. American Heart Association

This retrospective summarizes numerous past studies, which have demonstrated 45-47% reductions in all-cause mortality, improvements in lipid levels and blood pressure, and 31% lower hospital readmissions in patients undergoing cardiac rehab.

Cardiac Rehabilitation for Patients with Heart Failure: JACC Expert Panel

Exercise training and cardiac recovery programs are safe and beneficial for patients with CHF, resulting in significant improvements in quality of life, functional capacity, exercise performance, and heart failure (HF)–related hospitalizations. Despite outcome benefits, cost-effectiveness, and strong practice guideline recommendations, cardiac recovery services remain a critical care gap in the treatment of heart failure.

Can people really do this at home?

Absolutely.

Home-based cardiac rehab has been both demonstrated as comparably effective and endorsed by professional societies as a comparable alternative to facility-based programs. A home-based program is both easier and safer to attend during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Scientific Statement From the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology

Released in 2019, this joint scientific statement concluded that home-based cardiac rehabilitation is effective for clinically stable patients who are eligible.

Saving Lives with Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation

Kaiser Permanente’s initiative across 2000 individuals demonstrated 87% engagement rates.

Effectiveness of Home-Based Mobile Guided Cardiac Rehabilitation as Alternative Strategy for Nonparticipation in Clinic-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Elderly Patients in Europe

This randomized clinical trial’s results suggest that a 6-month home-based mobile CR program for patients 65 years or older with coronary artery disease or a valvular intervention was safe and beneficial in improving peak oxygen uptake when compared with no cardiac rehabilitation.

How is Recora effective?

Unlike most cardiac rehabilitation programs, we meet members where they are.

Our team is growing a novel value-based model to expand home-based cardiac rehabilitation and surpass payer- and patient-facing barriers to making exercise care (and even more specifically, cardiac rehabilitation programs) available to all eligible adults.

Reimagining Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Era of Coronavirus Disease 2019

COVID-19 has led to the closure of almost 80% of cardiac rehab facilities. In this piece, Recora lays out a value-based model for expanding home-based cardiac rehabilitation, improving cardiovascular outcomes, and reducing cardiovascular spend.

Evidence-Based Community Health Worker Program Addresses Unmet Social Needs And Generates Positive Return On Investment

Recora’s coaches include Community Health Workers (CHWs). Three randomized controlled trials demonstrated that a standardized CHW intervention reduced all-cause hospitalizations and improved clinical outcomes. Leveraging CHWs amplifies the impacts of Recora’s clinical programs.

Multiple Levels of Influence on Older Adults’ Attendance and Adherence to Community Exercise Classes

Recora hosts virtual, live exercise sessions that are personalized for patients needing rehabilitation. Our classes run on a weekly basis to encourage group exercise and community. Older adult participation in exercise classes has been shown to increase with improved quality of exercise instructors and diversity in available exercise content.

Exercise therapy benefits everyone

Exercise therapy, the modality at the center of cardiac rehabilitation, has immense value to all adults.

Recora is committed to helping our members get moving and stay moving, even after they have completed a course of cardiac rehabilitation.

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