Remote patient monitoring to facilitate same-day discharge after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a pilot evaluation.

Timothy J Schaffner¹, Matt Wilkes², Robert Laverty³, Stephen D Schwab⁴, Nicole Zahradka², Juliana Pugmire², Dan Yourk², Pamela C Masella³, Robert Walter³

¹Department of Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas; Bon Secours Surgical Specialists, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Portsmouth, Virginia. Electronic address: tjschaffner@gmail.com.

²Current Health Inc., Boston, Massachusetts.

³Department of Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas.

⁴Department of Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas; Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Limited hospital inpatient capacity, exacerbated by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and associated staffing shortages, has driven interest in converting surgeries historically done as inpatient procedures to same-day surgeries (SDS). Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has the potential to increase safety and confidence in SDS but has had mixed success in a bariatric population. OBJECTIVES: Assess…

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