UNASSIGNED: In this 21-patient pilot study, we assessed the impact of implementing a digital day-case pathway for knee replacement surgery at the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation trust.
UNASSIGNED: Fourteen (67%) of the 21 eligible patients were treated as day cases, with an average length of stay of 8.8 hours. The pilot data were utilized to model the potential impact of implementing a digital day-case program more widely across the trust. This model showed increased efficiency over the entire episode of care, with reductions in physiotherapy appointments, preoperative visits, hospital days, and face-to-face consultations. Not only would these improvements free up capacity, but they would also result in an estimated saving of £240,540 to the trust while reducing the CO2 footprint of knee replacements by 119,381 kg CO2 emitted. A sensitivity analysis revealed that, even with substantial variation of several key variables within the pathway, a trust-wide digital day-case program would still be a cost-saving measure.
UNASSIGNED: Overall, the present study supports the growing notion that digital technology can facilitate the transformation of care pathways, resulting in greater efficiency and financial savings for health-care providers while reducing the time patients spend in the hospital.
UNASSIGNED: Therapeutic Level II. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
未经证实:在这项21名患者的试点研究中,
UNASSIGNED:21名符合条件的患者中有14名(67%)被视为日间病例,
未经评估:总的来说,
未经批准:治疗级别II。