Hip patients to get back on their feet faster

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Innovation experiments are doing very well in the healthcare sector, not least because so much is at stake; both as regards our health, the economy, and our competitiveness. The telemedicine experiment Remote Rehabilitation Support includes an animated film explaining what will happen before, during, and after hip surgery. The aim is to ensure a better patient experience and better financials – and possibly arrive at a new way of thinking.

Innovation experiments are doing very well in the healthcare sector, not least because so much is at stake; both as regards our health, the economy, and our competitiveness. The telemedicine experiment Remote Rehabilitation Support includes an animated film explaining what will happen before, during, and after hip surgery. The aim is to ensure a better patient experience and better financials – and possibly arrive at a new way of thinking.

The aim of the Remote Rehabilitation Support innovation experiment is to investigate whether the Health-Gateway telemedicine solution included in the project may result in optimised treatment for patients scheduled for the so-called 24-hour hip surgery. Patients are only admitted for 24 hours, and the prototype must therefore support patient rehabilitation training at home after surgery.

At the Silkeborg regional hospital, work has been done on accelerated patient treatment (shorter admission times) in connection with hip replacement surgery. The department estimates that an ICT solution providing increased and optimised information, security, and follow-up in connection with the treatment may lead to the patient being discharged already on the day after surgery while retaining or improving treatment result and patient experience levels. The RRS project tests and documents lessons learned from the department's accelerated 24-hour hip surgery.

Half of the department's 74 24-hour hip patients, in other words 37 patients, will be supported by the telemedicine solution while the other half will stick to standard procedures. The project measures a series of parameters along the way: patient life quality, psychological resources, and physical ability. Patient experiences regarding these parameters may reveal how the hospital using telemedicine may support and guide the patient and his/her supporting person all the way from the time prior to surgery to rehabilitation training in the patient's own home.

Another aim of the project is to investigate whether telemedicine solutions may be utilised to solve similar problems for other patient groups than 24-hour hip patients. The ambition of the project is to develop a range of solutions that may be added on top of the basic platform. Initially, however, the project will focus on hip patients and on documenting effects. After this, it is estimated that other specialities with similar patients with shortened admission times may also benefit from the same type of solution.

Developers and researchers from the Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University and Caretech Innovation in cooperation with the Silkeborg regional hospital and the 24-hour hip patients have developed the Health-Gateway telemedicine prototype making possible the connection and supporting communication between home and hospital. The animated film was produced jointly by Markfilm, The Animation Hub, the Alexandra Institute, and doctor Martin Vesterby at the Silkeborg regional hospital.

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Super god ide med animationsfilm om en operation
Hvordan kan man komme til at se den.