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“THE UNIQUE ADVANTAGE THAT WE GET FROM iCAREPASSPORT IS ITS ABILITY TO DELIVER CONDITION-SPECIFIC AND TIMELY INFORMATION
TO OUR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHILE PROVIDING HOAG WITH CLINICALLY RELEVANT OUTCOMES DATA.”
ALAN H. BEYER, MD, FACS, EXECUTIVE MEDICAL DIRECTOR, HOAG ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES
iCAREPASSPORTTM FOR ONGOING PATIENT ENGAGEMENT
To build relationships with patients and promote satisfaction preadmission, during hospitalization and after discharge, HOI uses iCarePassport,
a breakthrough patient care and outcomes system powered by Skylight Healthcare Systems. iCarePassport’s web-based system enhances the patient experience by delivering timely and clinically relevant data.
The interactive iCarePassport system allows discharged patients to report functional status securely and easily in the comfort of their homes. Since implementation, data on functional status – before surgery and then at various intervals post- surgically – has been captured as follows:
HOOS = Hip Osteoarthritis Outcome Score
The HOOS is a questionnaire used to assess the patient’s opinion about their hip and associated problems, and to evaluate symptoms and functional limitations related to the hip during a therapeutic process.
KOOS = Knee Osteoarthritis Outcome Score
The KOOS has been found reliable for the evaluation of short-term and long-term symptoms and function in subjects with knee injury and osteoarthritis. KOOS data has been validated for
several orthopedic interventions such as anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, meniscectomy and total knee replacement. In addition, it has been used to evaluate physical therapy and nutritional supplementation.
VAS = Visual Analog Scale
The VAS is a tool widely used to measure pain intensity (from no pain to extreme pain). Each participating post-op patient is asked to indicate his/her perceived pain.
SF-36
The SF-36 is a multi-purpose, short-form, 36-question health survey. It yields a profile of functional health and well-being scores as well
as psychometrically based physical and mental health summary measures and a preference- based health utility index. SF-36 has proven useful in surveys of general and specific populations, comparing the relative burden of diseases, and in differentiating the health benefits produced by a wide range of different treatments.
HOI is currently in the process of developing outcomes surveys for shoulder and spine patients.
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