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ArticleArthroplasty today2024

Impact of a Remote Patient Monitoring Platform on Outcomes Following a Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty.

Simrun Chahal, Rabail Siddiqui, Liam Puskas, Shalyn Littlefield, Lahama Naeem, Caroline Fanti, Claude Cullinan, Kurt Droll, David Puskas, Travis E Marion

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Ambulatory total knee arthroplasty in a patient with cold agglutinin disease.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Simrun ChahalClinical Research Services Department, Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Rabail SiddiquiClinical Research Services Department, Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Liam PuskasLakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Shalyn LittlefieldClinical Research Services Department, Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Lahama NaeemClinical Research Services Department, Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Caroline FantiThunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Claude CullinanThunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Kurt DrollThunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
David PuskasThunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Travis E MarionThunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the need for remote patient monitoring to deliver and provide access to patient care and education. A mobile-based app providing interactive tools for patient education and monitoring was piloted at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) in November 2020. We aimed to examine the platform's impact on postoperative length of stay, hospital readmissions, and emergency department (ED) visits 60 days postsurgery in total hip and knee arthroplasty patients in Northwestern Ontario. Methods: Data were assessed from patients undergoing primary total hip or knee arthroplasties at TBRHSC from March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2022. Patients were divided into 2 cohorts based on enrollment with the mobile-based app (SeamlessMD). Statistical differences in outcomes were determined using Mann-Whitney or χ Results: Patients enrolled in the mobile-based app had statistically lower length of stay ( Conclusions: The implementation of the mobile-based app at TBRHSC showed its potential value as a tool to reduce costs in the healthcare system and improve patient outcomes. Consequentially, more formal studies are required to elucidate the magnitude of this effect.

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Emergency departmentHospital readmissionLength of stayPerioperative educationTotal Hip Arthroplasty (THA)Total Knee Arthoplasty (TKA)

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PMID38912097
PMCPMC11190474

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