Preparing patients for surgery in a separate space from the operating theater brings significant benefits in freeing up operating theater schedules and staff time, according to new research from the ...
A digital platform developed at UPMC helps patients prep for surgery and speeds recovery. Linking a health coach with a smart phone app providing perioperative instructions dramatically improves ...
With the inflation of prescriptions for glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy, physicians began seeing a startling amount of regurgitation and aspiration in ...
Hospitals have had success applying remote patient monitoring to chronic conditions to help track signs of a patient’s improving or worsening condition between medical appointments. Patients with ...
Patient surveys are redefining "quality" health care—and increasingly determining which hospitals are named the best of the ...
I recently ran across the word “prehabilitation.” Not rehabilitation, prehabilitation. It is preparing the body for surgery. The idea is that asking patients to prepare for surgery can make the ...