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Enhanced recovery” protocols are changing surgical patients’ perioperative care and improving outcomes, according to an article in the March 30 issue of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
WSJ journalist Laura Landro, who writes “The Informed Patient” column, interviews Traci Hedrick, MD, FACS, co-author of a study published online at https://www.facs.org/media/press%20releases/jacs/colorectal0205 in February in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Hedrick’s team at the University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, found that when used in colorectal-surgery patients, enhanced recovery contributed to reducing length of hospital stay by 2.2 days compared with a control group. Furthermore, complications were reduced by 17 percent, patient satisfaction with pain control increased by 55 percent, and overall estimated cost savings was $7,129 per patient. The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) is pursuing an initiative for increased acceptance of enhanced recovery protocols throughout surgery. Profiled in the article is a positive patient care enhanced recovery experience at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. In addition, “Kaiser Permanente Northern California is currently rolling out the enhanced recovery protocol in its 21 medical centers, focusing first on colorectal surgery and hip fracture patients. It plans to expand the program soon to total joint replacement,” Ms. Landro reports.
Ms. Landro writes of this “national initiative led by experts including Julie Thacker, [MD] assistant professor of surgery at Duke University School of Medicine and medical director of the enhanced recovery program at Duke University Hospital, which has been able to reduce hospital stays and readmissions with the approach.”
For details on ACS NSQIP’s role in enhanced recovery, contact: acsnsqip@facs.org.
Read the full text of the article and view the news video online at http://tinyurl.com/l3pmrvd.
Enhanced recovery” protocols are changing surgical patients’ perioperative care and improving outcomes, according to an article in the March 30 issue of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
WSJ journalist Laura Landro, who writes “The Informed Patient” column, interviews Traci Hedrick, MD, FACS, co-author of a study published online at https://www.facs.org/media/press%20releases/jacs/colorectal0205 in February in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Hedrick’s team at the University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, found that when used in colorectal-surgery patients, enhanced recovery contributed to reducing length of hospital stay by 2.2 days compared with a control group. Furthermore, complications were reduced by 17 percent, patient satisfaction with pain control increased by 55 percent, and overall estimated cost savings was $7,129 per patient. The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) is pursuing an initiative for increased acceptance of enhanced recovery protocols throughout surgery. Profiled in the article is a positive patient care enhanced recovery experience at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. In addition, “Kaiser Permanente Northern California is currently rolling out the enhanced recovery protocol in its 21 medical centers, focusing first on colorectal surgery and hip fracture patients. It plans to expand the program soon to total joint replacement,” Ms. Landro reports.
Ms. Landro writes of this “national initiative led by experts including Julie Thacker, [MD] assistant professor of surgery at Duke University School of Medicine and medical director of the enhanced recovery program at Duke University Hospital, which has been able to reduce hospital stays and readmissions with the approach.”
For details on ACS NSQIP’s role in enhanced recovery, contact: acsnsqip@facs.org.
Read the full text of the article and view the news video online at http://tinyurl.com/l3pmrvd.
Enhanced recovery” protocols are changing surgical patients’ perioperative care and improving outcomes, according to an article in the March 30 issue of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
WSJ journalist Laura Landro, who writes “The Informed Patient” column, interviews Traci Hedrick, MD, FACS, co-author of a study published online at https://www.facs.org/media/press%20releases/jacs/colorectal0205 in February in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Hedrick’s team at the University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, found that when used in colorectal-surgery patients, enhanced recovery contributed to reducing length of hospital stay by 2.2 days compared with a control group. Furthermore, complications were reduced by 17 percent, patient satisfaction with pain control increased by 55 percent, and overall estimated cost savings was $7,129 per patient. The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) is pursuing an initiative for increased acceptance of enhanced recovery protocols throughout surgery. Profiled in the article is a positive patient care enhanced recovery experience at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. In addition, “Kaiser Permanente Northern California is currently rolling out the enhanced recovery protocol in its 21 medical centers, focusing first on colorectal surgery and hip fracture patients. It plans to expand the program soon to total joint replacement,” Ms. Landro reports.
Ms. Landro writes of this “national initiative led by experts including Julie Thacker, [MD] assistant professor of surgery at Duke University School of Medicine and medical director of the enhanced recovery program at Duke University Hospital, which has been able to reduce hospital stays and readmissions with the approach.”
For details on ACS NSQIP’s role in enhanced recovery, contact: acsnsqip@facs.org.
Read the full text of the article and view the news video online at http://tinyurl.com/l3pmrvd.