Postoperative remote first care for financially and environmentally sustainable healthcare.

ABSTRACT: This study aims to quantify the financial and environmental savings associated with remote follow up in patients undergoing lower limb arterial surgery. A prospective observational study evaluating financial cost(fC) and environmental cost(eC) of postoperative follow-up models. Remote-first screening(RFS), where all patients were reviewed remotely, and complications triaged for face-to-face assessment and treatment. The second model was remote-first treatment(RFT): all patients were reviewed remotely, but only high-risk complications trigger face-to-face review. Both were compared with conventional face-to-face review. All participants received both face-to-face and remote review. 105 patients were included. RFS has a per patient mean reduction of 30.8.0±26.2 kgCO₂e(RR 71.0%, p 

SUBMITTER: Lathan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12095528 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature