Hipcast

E-Pathways: Improving hip fracture care for patients

July 20, 2021 Prof Gustavo Duque Season 1 Episode 14
Hipcast
E-Pathways: Improving hip fracture care for patients
Show Notes

Prof Gustavo Duque, a Melbourne-based Geriatrician discusses a pilot study by his research team on the implementation of an electronic care pathway for hip fracture patients and the benefits of this on the patient hospital journey.

For more information, please take a look at the published paper: https://bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12891-020-03834-w

Talevski, J., Guerrero-Cedeño, V., Demontiero, O. et al. Implementation of an electronic care pathway for hip fracture patients: a pilot before and after study.BMC Musculoskelet Disord 21, 837 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03834-w