A Novel Mobile Phone Text Messaging Platform Improves Collection of Patient-Reported Post-operative Pain and Opioid Use Following Orthopedic Surgery.
Ajay PremkumarFrancis C LovecchioJeffrey G StepanCynthia A KahlenbergJason L BlevinsTodd J AlbertMichael B CrossPublished in: HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery (2018)
This application of a widely available technology can improve the measurement of post-operative patient-reported outcomes. Such data can in turn be used in the development of strategies to reduce post-operative opioid use. The adoption of novel technologies at a patient level will play a key role in combating the opioid epidemic.
Keyphrases
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- neuropathic pain
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