Process of Posthospital Care Involving Telemedicine Solutions for Patients after Total Hip Arthroplasty

Karolina Kamecka, Anna Rybarczyk-Szwajkowska, Anna Staszewska, Per Engelseth and Remigiusz Kozlowski
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Karolina Kamecka: Department of Management and Logistics in Healthcare, Medical University of Lodz, 90-131 Lodz, Poland
Anna Rybarczyk-Szwajkowska: Department of Management and Logistics in Healthcare, Medical University of Lodz, 90-131 Lodz, Poland
Anna Staszewska: Department of Entrepreneurship and Family Business, Social Academy Science, 90-012 Lodz, Poland
Per Engelseth: Narvik Campus, School of Business and Economics, University of Tromsø, 8505 Narvik, Norway
Remigiusz Kozlowski: Centre for Security Technologies in Logistics, Faculty of Management, University of Lodz, 90-237 Lodz, Poland

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 19, 1-21

Abstract: The importance of telemedicine technologies around the world has been growing for many years, and it turned out to be a particularly important issue for conducting some medical procedures during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. It is necessary to create interdisciplinary teams to design and implement improved procedures using telemedicine tools. The aim of the article is to develop original, improved posthospital patient care process after total hip arthroplasty (THA) with the use of telemedicine technologies. In the study, a literature review and empirical research were used. The conducted research resulted in the designing an original posthospital patient care process after THA that uses telematics technologies. Due to the use of analyzed telemedicine technologies, the designed patient care process brings a possibility to increase the patient?s safety by monitoring life parameters, allowing for regular, remote contact with specialists and to be supervised remotely. All this may contribute to shortening the convalescence time, reducing the risk of complications, as well as reducing treatment costs. The designed model is ready for further clinical research with the participation of medical staff, patients after THA and patient caregivers.

Keywords: process improvement in medicine; posthospital process; posthospital care; patient’s safety; telemedicine solutions; telehealth; total hip arthroplasty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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