A Patient-Focused Technology-Enabled Program Improves Outcomes in Primary Total Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery

Background:. A patient-engagement and pathway-management program for patients undergoing primary total hip and knee replacement was evaluated. Health-service and multimedia features supported by technology were integrated with existing enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) practices. The primary ob...

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Main Authors: Prakash Jayakumar, MBBS, BSc(Hons), MRCS(Eng), MFSEM, Jianing Di, PhD, Jiayu Fu, PhD, Joyce Craig, MA, MSc, MBA, Vicki Joughin, BMedSc, Victoria Nadarajah, BSc(Physio), MSc(Rehab), Jade Cope, BSc, Marcus Bankes, BSc, FRCS(Orth), Peter Earnshaw, FRCS, FRCSC, Zameer Shah, MBBS, MRCS, DipSMed, FRCS, MBA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-09-01
Series:JBJS Open Access
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/jbjsoa/fulltext/10.2106/JBJS.OA.16.00023