ArticlemedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2025
Exploring a digital health solution to collect and manage health-related needs for complex surgery patients: Mixed-methods study.
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Abstract
Background: Patients who undergo complex surgery often experience substantial burden of health-related needs (medical, social, and behavioral health). A closed loop digital solution could facilitate the collection and resolution of health-related needs by care team members for patients who undergo complex surgery. A digital solution may facilitate adherence to a clear treatment plan and concomitantly reduce surgical complications and readmissions associated with unmet health-related needs, which remain persistent challenges across health care settings. Objectives: To establish a set of user specifications for a digital solution to collect and manage health-related needs, specifically medical, social, and behavioral needs for patients who undergo complex surgery. Methods: We applied the Double Diamond Framework and organized the study into two phases: (1) qualitative methods to discover patients' and care team members' perspectives on health-related needs; (2) participatory design sessions to gain feedback about ideal features of a digital solution. We supplemented both phases with analysis of electronic health record data. Results: Extensive themes emerged from interviews with patients (n=20) and care team members (n=24), capturing their health-related and surgical experiences as well as desired features for a proposed digital solution. A subset of participants from Phase 1 (n=5 patients and n=9 care team members) provided feedback on preferred features, drawing from digital tools currently available in the electronic health record system at our academic medical center. Findings from the qualitative interviews and design sessions were corroborated with documentation in the electronic health record. Conclusion: Digital solutions could provide a streamlined approach for collection and management of health-related needs in surgery, with the goal of addressing unmet needs and improving patient activation. This approach is critical to ensure patients, especially patients who undergo complex surgery, have positive health outcomes. We identified preferences for specific features in a proposed digital solution based on our systematic assessment that will inform future work.
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