Telehealth Following Orthopaedic Procedures
Status unconfirmed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Post-Op Complication
In brief
This study aims to evaluate the quality of care provided by a home-based teleheath program as a safe and acceptable alternative to an in-person office visit as determined by satisfaction with the program and the amount of further medical management required by the patients.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03922737
- Run by
- Rothman Institute Orthopaedics
- People needed
- 198
- Starts
- 2017-10-06
- Expected to finish
- 2019-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-04-22
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Subjects over 18 and under 75 years of age undergoing elective primary orthopaedic surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital or Methodist Hospital who have the capability to utilize a telecommunications platform (computer, tablet or similar device at home with a webcam, microphone and access to high-speed internet).
You may not qualify if…
- Subjects who are unable to access the telemedicine platform or who are uncomfortable with following up in this fashion
- Subjects who are unable or unwilling to provide post-operative radiographs electronically or who are unable or unwilling to obtain them
- Subjects with workman's compensation or automotive claims or other ongoing litigation
- Subjects that are unable or unwilling to consent for enrollment
- Patients under the age of 18 years
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Patients undergoing surgery for tumor, trauma or infection or who require revision or staged procedures
- Patients without English-language proficiency
- Patients with unforeseen intra-operative or perioperative complications
Where it is running
- Rothman Institute — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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