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Kidney Beam, a virtual rehabilitation app, is the first scientifically-proven kidney-specific physiotherapy and lifestyle management platform shown to improve patient quality of life and demonstrate significant cost savings for health providers.

The numbers of people with kidney disease and associated risk factors – diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and obesity – are growing around the world. There is no cure for the disease, however better management of the condition and maintaining a more active lifestyle can slow down its progression.

Kidney Beam has been designed specifically to help people living with kidney disease and associated cardio-kidney-metabolic conditions to increase their physical activity and improve diet and lifestyle. The app features over 350 kidney-specific classes, a weekly live class schedule, several signature programmes designed for different disease stages, plus a comprehensive renal rehab intervention developed by clinicians at King’s College Hospital. 

The app has been proven to drive a significant improvement in patient-reported quality-of-life among those given access to the 12-week digital kidney rehabilitation programme, in a landmark clinical trial published in the Lancet Digital Health. Patients were shown to benefit from improved mental health & physical function, better ability to self-manage their care, improved symptoms of fatigue, anxiety & depression, and reduced social isolation. 

In addition to the patient benefits, the trial demonstrated significant cost efficiencies, with savings of £580 per patient across reduced hospital visits, out-patient attendances, primary and community care, social care contacts and medication spend.