Becker's ASC

Study: Post-operative Quality Recovery Scale Effectively Assesses Patient Recovery

Researchers have developed and validated a system that could improve post-operative care by measuring patient recovery from surgery with general anesthesia, according to the study abstract published ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Executive briefing: The business of optimizing patients prior to surgery

Hospitals are constantly looking for new ways to cut costs without compromising care quality. Ever so quick to target the operating room as an area to reduce expenses, hospitals tend to overlook the ...
Medscape

Systematic Review: Do Patient Expectations Influence Treatment Outcomes in Total Knee and Total Hip Arthroplasty?

Objective This systematic review aims to summarise all the available evidence related to the association between pre-operative patient expectations (outcome expectations, process expectations and self ...
Nursing Times

Using animation to improve patient information in a pre-operative setting

Patients are commonly given written information, for example in the form of leaflets; however, they often do not retain it and poor literacy is a barrier for many. To address this, working in ...

Aslı Tarcan Global Announces Enhanced Patient Support Framework for International Laser Eye Surgery Candidates in Istanbul

Aslı Tarcan Global, a leading health services brand specializing in international patient coordination, has today announced a new comprehensive framework designed to support the growing number of ...
Business Wire

IntraOp and Vanderbilt University Medical Center Announce First Patient Treated for Pancreatic Cancer Using Intra-Operative Radiation Therapy With Electrons

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IntraOp Medical Corporation announced today that doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) treated a pancreatic cancer patient using IntraOp ® Mobetron ...
ascopubs.org

Patient-Reported Outcomes Improve Following Mastectomy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer in Nigeria: Pilot Experience Using a Translated and Validated BREAST-Q

Mastectomy without reconstruction is recommended for most Nigerian women with non-metastatic breast cancer (BC), but only 43% receive surgery, partly due to psychosocial factors. Patient-reported ...