Impact of Digital Health upon the Surgical Patient Experience: The Patient as Consumer

Heather L Evans; Joseph Scalea

doi:10.1016/j.suc.2022.11.006

Impact of Digital Health upon the Surgical Patient Experience: The Patient as Consumer

Surg Clin North Am. 2023 Apr;103(2):357-368. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2022.11.006.

Authors

Heather L Evans¹, Joseph Scalea²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, CSB 417, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. Electronic address: evanshe@musc.edu.
² Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, CSB 417, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.

PMID: 36948724
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2022.11.006

Abstract

The adoption of digital health services in surgical care delivery is changing the patient experience. The goal of patient-generated health data monitoring incorporated with patient-centered education and feedback is to optimally prepare patients for surgery and personalize postoperative care to improve outcomes that matter to both patients and surgeons. Challenges include the need for the adoption of new methods for implementation and evaluation and equitable application of surgical digital health interventions, with considerations for accessibility as well as the development of new diagnostics and decision support that include the needs and characteristics of all populations served.

Keywords: Digital health; MHealth; Remote patient monitoring; Surgery.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care*
Humans
Patient Generated Health Data
Postoperative Care
Surgical Procedures, Operative