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Stopping unnecessary post-op follow-up appointments

by Robert Varnam | Jun 9, 2020 | in What to stop

COVID has resulted in a move towards clinical follow-up that's more driven by patient need than surgical habit. Surgeons have been forced firstly to create channels to make it easier for patients to make rapid contact with queries or problems (patient-driven, needs-led follow-up), and secondly to drop the idea of "routine" follow-up appointments "just to check" the patient is OK. 

Should this be stopped or restarted in a different way? If you think it should be restarted in a different way then how would you change it from before?

edited on Jul 13, 2020 by Kyle Beacham
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Greta McLachlan Jun 15, 2020

Status labels added: Collaboration, Patient Activation, Patient Selection, Staff & Patient Collaboration, Horizon 2

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Greta McLachlan Jun 16, 2020

Status labels added: Choice, Health & Wellbeing, Infrastructure, Pathway Redesign, Prim/Sec/Com Integration, Shared Decision Making, Supported Self-Management, Things To Stop

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Greta McLachlan Jun 16, 2020

The idea has been progressed to the next milestone.

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Kyle Beacham Jul 13, 2020

Status labels removed: Choice, Collaboration, Health & Wellbeing, Infrastructure, Pathway Redesign, Patient Activation, Patient Selection, Prim/Sec/Com Integration, Shared Decision Making, Staff & Patient Collaboration, Supported Self-Management, Things To Stop

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