Association Between Electronic Patient Symptom Reporting With Alerts and Potentially Avoidable Urgent Care Visits After Ambulatory Cancer Surgery
Author(s) -
Brett A. Simon,
Melissa Assel,
Amy L. Tin,
Priyanka Desai,
Cara Stabile,
Roberta H. Baron,
Jennifer R. Cracchiolo,
Rebecca S. Twersky,
Andrew J. Vickers,
Vincent P. Laudone
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.1798
Subject(s) - medicine , ambulatory , veterans affairs , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , general surgery , surgery
Increasingly complex surgical procedures are being performed in the outpatient setting, increasing the burden on patients and caregivers to manage their postoperative symptoms. Electronic patient-reported symptom tracking may reduce this burden and help patients distinguish between expected symptoms and those requiring intervention.
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