Can We Empower Patients for Joint Surgery? Assessing the Impact of a Telemedicine Coaching Intervention

Can We Empower Patients for Joint Surgery? Assessing the Impact of a Telemedicine Coaching Intervention

Background: Optimizing patients before surgery results in fewer complications and higher patient quality of life following surgery. We implemented a telemedicine Joint Health Coaching program in 2020 to address risk factors in patients who were otherwise candidates for hip or knee arthroplasty. The...

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Main Authors: Christopher Q. Lin, MS, Hikmat R. Chmait, MS, Jordan P. Conroy, MD, MS, Nathaniel J. Nelms, MD, Michael Blankstein, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-06-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
Subjects:
Arthroplasty
Osteoarthritis
Weight loss
Statistical methods
Smoking cessation
Diabetes
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344125000883
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