The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether patient-centered educational material delivered before and immediately after surgery can help improve outcomes for patients undergoing colorectal surgery.
To analyze the impact of implementation of patient-centered educational material delivered the SeamlessMD® mobile application on perioperative Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) metric completion rates among patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery. This is a non-interventional, prospective feasibility study. The planned study period will encompass adult patients (\>18 years) scheduled to undergo an elective colorectal surgery procedure at CMC-Main during the six-month period of December 2020 to May 2021. Patients enrolling in SeamlessMD will be prompted by the mobile app to electronically complete a validated quality-of-life assessment, the Quality of Recovery (QoR-15) evaluation, five days prior to surgery, three days postoperatively, and 30 days postoperatively.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
75
Mobile cloud-based applications (apps), such as SeamlessMD®, are readily accessible on smart phones and offer an innovative strategy to encourage and track patient adherence to recommended ERAS components pre- and postoperatively.
Levine Cancer Institute
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Perioperative ERAS metric completion rate
Completion rate for perioperative ERAS metrics
Time frame: 30 Days Following Hospital Discharge
Postoperative hospital length of stay
Postoperative hospital length of stay
Time frame: 30 Days Following Hospital Discharge
Postoperative complications
Occurrence of postoperative complications within 30 days, classified as Clavien-Dindo Grade I-V
Time frame: 30 Days Following Hospital Discharge
30-day readmission
Readmission to any hospital facility as inpatient within 30 days of surgery
Time frame: 30 Days Following Hospital Discharge
Postoperative Opioid Consumption
Postoperative opioid consumption in morphine equivalent daily doses (MEDDs) as extracted from the medical administration record (MAR) for the inpatient hospitalization period
Time frame: 30 Days Following Hospital Discharge
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