The Journal of mHealth Vol 2 Issue 4 (August) | Page 18

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Partnership to Study a Patient
Tablet App for Enhanced Recovery
After Surgery (ERAS)
McGill University Health Centre’s
(MUHC) Steinberg-Bernstein Centre
for Minimally Invasive Surgery has partnered with SeamlessMD, a company
which provides a cloud-based patient
engagement solution for surgery, to
study the performance of a patient tablet application for Enhanced Recovery
After Surgery (ERAS).

The study, which is funded by the Society
of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), will determine whether a patient tablet application
can improve patient adherence to ERAS
care processes, reduce manual labour
needed for data auditing and improve
patient outcomes.

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
(ERAS) programs are a patient-centred
approach to integrate evidence-based
interventions into a coordinated, multidisciplinary care plan encompassing the
entire perioperative pathway. A growing body of research has shown ERAS
programs to significantly reduce hospital
length of stay and patient morbidity for
major surgery.

The MUHC’s Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery has

long been a leader in ERAS care, having
first implemented an ERAS program for
colorectal surgery in 2006, and developing programs in thoracic, urologic, orthopaedic and hepatobiliary surgery through
a dedicated Surgical Recovery team.

"We are excited to be working with SeamlessMD to use technology to improve
patient care. Currently, the ERAS protocol and audit tool is resource intensive
and requires additional personnel. We also
wanted new ways to engage patients in
their recovery. We have been looking for
an innovative solution to help with this,”
says Dr. Liane Feldman, Principal Investigator for the study and Director of the
Steinberg-Bernstein Centre f