ArticleCureus2019
Use of a Smartphone Application for Spine Surgery Improves Patient Adherence with Preoperative Instructions and Decreases Last-minute Surgery Cancellations.
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- Translating Data Analytics Into Improved Spine Surgery Outcomes: A Roadmap for Biomedical Informatics Research in 2021.Global spine journal · 2022Article
- Last-minute cancellation of adult patients scheduled for cardiothoracic surgery in a large Dutch tertiary care centre.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2021Article
- Telemedicine for the Spine Surgeon in the Age of COVID-19: Multicenter Experiences of Feasibility and Implementation Strategies.Global spine journal · 2021Article
- Evaluating and Enhancing the Preparation of Patients and Families before Pediatric Surgery.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- The Advent of Smartphone Applications in Spine Surgery: Bringing the Field to the 21st Century.Neurospine · 2020Article
- mHealth Apps for Enhanced Management of Spinal Surgery Patients: A Review.Frontiers in surgery · 2020Review
- Mobile messaging and smartphone apps for patient communication and engagement in spine surgery.Annals of translational medicine · 2019Review
- Introducing a reserve waiting list initiative for elective general surgery at a District General Hospital.BMJ open quality · 2019Article
- Digital health interventions for spinal surgery patients: A systematic scoping review.Digital healthReview
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Abstract
backgroundSmartphone applications (apps) are being increasingly utilized in the health care arena to improve patient care and outcomes.
objectiveTo further demonstrate the ability of a smartphone app to improve patient compliance with preoperative instructions and to decrease the number of last-minute surgery cancellations.
methodsPatients undergoing spine surgery were prospectively accrued. Smartphone app users were compared to non-app users. Patient adherence with preoperative instructions as well as last-minute surgery cancellations were analyzed.
resultsAll 85 app users adhered to preoperative instructions according to the acknowledgements sent to the web portal, and there were no cancelled surgeries. Among the 89 non-app users, there were five cancelled surgeries (5.6%).
conclusionsWe demonstrate the ability of a smartphone application to improve patient adherence with preoperative instructions and decrease last-minute surgery cancellations.
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