Efficiency of Text Message Contact on Medical Safety in Outpatient Surgery: Retrospective Study.

Jeremy Peuchot Etienne Allard Bertrand Dureuil Benoit Veber Vincent Compere

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)

In this work, we report a decrease in the rate of conversion to full-time hospitalization with the use of pre- and postoperative SMS reminders. This new approach could represent a safe and cost-effective method in an outpatient surgery setting.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
surgical site infection
healthcare
patients undergoing
smoking cessation
acute coronary syndrome