Patient and Provider Experiences With a Digital App to Improve Compliance With Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocols: Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Canadian Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Of all the care provided in health care systems, major surgical interventions are the costliest and can carry significant risks. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a bundle of interventions that help improve patient outcomes and experience along their surgical journey. However, given that patients can be overwhelmed by the multiple tasks that they are expected to follow, a digital application, the ERAS app, was developed to help improve the implementation of ERAS.

Objective

The objective of this work was to conduct a thorough assessment of patient and provider experiences using the ERAS app.

Methods

Patients undergoing colorectal or gynecological oncology surgery at 2 different hospitals in the province of Alberta, Canada, were invited to use the ERA

SUBMITTER: Beesoon S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10757223 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature