“…The PR Team at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) has refined the video-based exercise program by adding remote monitoring smart devices (Agartee Technology Inc. Vancouver, BC, Canada), to address some of the limitations in delivering virtual PR. This new real-time monitoring system was chosen because it can automatically collect sleep data (e.g., total sleep hours, number of awakenings, sleep efficiency) [ 12 ], physical activity (e.g., number of steps, walking duration, sedentary time), vital signs (e.g., peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO 2 ), heart rate (HR)), maintenance medication adherence, and rescue inhaler usage (e.g., number of puffs in each use, number of times used and duration of pressing to assess inhaler technique) without the need for manual data entry. Also, the method can be seamlessly integrated into virtual PR programs and it is easy to use for seniors at home.…”