Guides, demos, downloads and FAQs

Use AfterSurg Recovery if you want to see your own recovery curves and metrics. Use AfterSurg Outcomes only when a study or clinical team has invited you and supplied a four-digit project code.

Ideally download it at least a day or two before an operation so permissions and setup are complete. Some historical activity may be available, depending on your phone, operating system and permissions.

Use the four-digit code supplied by your clinician or project team. Independent Recovery-app users may be instructed to use 0000. Enter any participant ID exactly as supplied; never substitute your name or date of birth.

Non-identifying details can configure the experience and help put activity into context. The app does not need your name to provide its core functions.

Update to the newest supported version available for your phone. The current apps support recent iOS and Android systems; very old devices may not support the required health-data services.

Open your phone settings, find AfterSurg or AfterSurg Outcomes, and enable the requested activity permissions. On Android, also check that Health Connect is installed or enabled and has a step-data source.

Check that Health Connect is enabled, a compatible step source such as Samsung Health is connected, and AfterSurg has permission to read steps. Older activity may be unavailable if it was never stored in Health Connect.

Do not choose a different operation simply to continue. Contact support or your project coordinator so the correct configuration can be confirmed.

In the Recovery app, information usually appears after at least one complete day and becomes more useful after the operation date. AfterSurg Outcomes is intentionally blinded and normally does not show recovery graphs.

The current day is incomplete. Compare complete days and broader patterns rather than interpreting a partial-day value.

No. It may miss activity when you are not carrying the phone, as well as some swimming, cycling, gym work or other movement. Longer-term patterns are more useful than individual days.

Yes, where the watch synchronises compatible activity information with Apple Health or Health Connect and you have granted the required permissions.

Recovery milestones describe the initial dip and return towards baseline. Beyond-baseline measures describe longer-term change, including functional gain, good-day ratio, duration of benefit and extra active days.

The Recovery app provides patient-facing feedback. Outcomes is designed for objective research or service-evaluation collection and is deliberately blinded so feedback does not influence behaviour.

A curve is descriptive and is not medical advice. It cannot diagnose a complication or decide whether your recovery is safe. Contact your healthcare team if you have concerns.

Usually not. Activity is collected by the phone’s health-data system in the background, subject to permissions. Open the Recovery app periodically to refresh information; Outcomes may need only occasional checks.

Your clinical or research team is using objective activity information for an approved trial, observational study, audit, service evaluation or real-world evidence project.

It is a code supplied by the project team so they can link your information within their approved records. Enter it exactly as given and do not enter your name or date of birth.

AfterSurg Outcomes is available for recent iPhones and supported Android phones. Android devices use Health Connect to provide activity data.

This is intentional. Blinded collection reduces the risk that feedback changes participant behaviour and affects a study’s results.

That depends on the approved project configuration. Teams may receive pseudonymised participant summaries or aggregate outputs. AfterSurg is not a live monitoring service.

Participation is normally voluntary and should not affect your care unless your project information clearly says otherwise. Ask the inviting team about your specific project.

The apps are currently free to download. Participants in commissioned studies or clinical projects are not normally charged by AfterSurg.

No GPS location is required for the core activity-recovery functions.

You can remove permissions or uninstall the app. If you are in a project, contact the project team to understand withdrawal and data-retention arrangements.

Generally no. AfterSurg is not an emergency, symptom or continuous monitoring service. Project teams access information according to their approved protocol and responsibilities.

Independent use can avoid direct identifiers. Project data may be anonymised or pseudonymised, meaning the authorised project team can hold the separate link between a participant code and their records.

No. The apps do not diagnose, triage or replace clinical assessment. Contact your healthcare team or urgent-care service if you are concerned.

Use the guides above, contact your project coordinator for project-specific questions, or email support@aftersurg.com with the app name, phone model and a brief description of the problem. Do not include unnecessary health information.