Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Telemedicine as a method to follow up: Patients under telemedicine arm will be evaluated using encrypted electronic communication methods. They will be given a specific follow up date a
Sponsors
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. All patients being discharged after treatment from the General Surgery department 2. Basic computer/smartphone knowledge (ability to use e-mail or a social networking application) 3. Having a smartphone or a computer with webcam facility 4. Age between 18 and 75 years 5. Or presence of a partner who meet the criteria mentioned above
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Any disability making telemedicine follow-up impossible, such as blindness, deafness or mental disability, proctologic treatment, due to the difficulty of describing and showing complications in the surgical area 2. Clinical complications before discharge more severe than Clavien Dindo II 3. If the patient does not give consent 4. Patients in whom the doctor wants to get a physical follow up done
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Feasibility of telemedicine follow up (Number of patients who complete the follow up either via telemedicine or physical mode)Timepoint: First follow up visit (1-4 weeks after discharge) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical results, overall quality of follow up (patient perceived) and overall patient satisfaction will be compared. To assess the clinical results, we will collect all unplanned visits to outpatient clinic and/or the emergency department during the first 30 days after the follow-up visitTimepoint: 30 days after follow up visit | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactNiladri Banerjee
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur
Outcome results
None listed