Are patients satisfied with a web-based followup after total joint arthroplasty?

ABSTRACT:

Background

A web-based followup assessment may be a feasible, cost-saving alternative of tracking patient outcomes after total joint arthroplasty. However, before implementing a web-based program, it is important to determine patient satisfaction levels with the new followup method. Satisfaction with the care received is becoming an increasingly important metric, and we do not know to what degree patients are satisfied with an approach to followup that does not involve an in-person visit with their surgeons.

Questions/purposes

We determined (1) patient satisfaction and (2) patients' preferences for followup method (web-based or in-person) after total joint arthroplasty.

Methods

We randomized patients who were at least 12 months after primary THA or TKA to complete a w

SUBMITTER: Marsh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4016458 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature