--- title: Orthopedic Surgery - Buddy Healthcare description: BuddyCare patient engagement platform guides orthopedic surgery patients' digitally allow remote patient monitoring, and efficient PROMs collection. --- **CARE COORDINATION & PATIENT ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM** # AUTOMATE AND DIGITISE YOUR ORTHOPAEDIC PATIENTS' CARE COORDINATION ![patient receives post-op instructions to an app after orthopedic surgery](https://www.buddyhealthcare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/patient%20receives%20post-op%20instructions%20to%20an%20app%20after%20orthopedic%20surgery.jpeg?width=1732&height=1154&name=patient%20receives%20post-op%20instructions%20to%20an%20app%20after%20orthopedic%20surgery.jpeg) ## Improved Customer Outcomes 20% reduction in patients' post-op visits 90% PROMs questionnaire response rate 89% of the patients chose digital support 4,5/5 patients rating of the digital care path ![patients-surgery-tasklist-in-mobile-app - reminders](https://www.buddyhealthcare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/patients-surgery-tasklist-in-mobile-app%20-%20reminders.jpg?width=1080&height=810&name=patients-surgery-tasklist-in-mobile-app%20-%20reminders.jpg) ## Automate your orthopaedic clinic's care coordination Orthopaedics and Traumatology are one of the largest surgical specialities, consisting of approximately 40 % of all surgical procedures. Typical operations in orthopaedics and traumatology are arthroscopic joint surgeries, joint replacement surgeries, reconstructive surgeries of bones and joints due to injuries or diseases, and surgical treatments of spinal diseases and injuries.  #### Surgery patients require highly demanding care and forms of treatment Traumatology patients are often in need of high-demanding medical acute- and operational care, as well as demanding follow-up treatment. Similarly, patients with degenerative spinal-, joint, or limb diseases may require specialized and highly demanding care processes, especially in the post-operative phase of care. Buddy Healthcare has transformed and automated orthopaedic patients' care coordination by digitising orthopaedic care pathways.  **Before orthopaedic surgery it is important to inform the patient of the following:** - Surgery and preparation information - Information and pre-arrangements of the recovery period - Medicine discontinuation and fastening reminders - Electronic [Pre-operative assessment collection](https://www.buddyhealthcare.com/en/electronic-pre-operative-assessment?hsLang=en) - Pre-surgery checklist **After orthopaedic surgery, hospitals need to provide information and collect data, such as:** - Wound care instructions - Rehabilitation training and instructions - Information on how to take pain killers and a pain scale - Electronic patient-reported outcomes and experiences collection ([ePROMs and ePREMs](https://www.buddyhealthcare.com/en/electronic-patient-reported-outcomes-collection?hsLang=en)) - Outcome scores (e.g. OHS/OKS, HOOS/KOOS) ** ** ## CASE STUDY: Orton hospital reduced 20% of orthopaedic patients' post-operative visits and 2 phone calls per patient with the use of the BuddyCare Platform Private hospital Orton partnered with Buddy Healthcare in 2017. The goal of the collaboration was to digitise orthopaedic patients' communication, improve patient satisfaction, collect PROs and measure satisfaction through the platform, and improve operational efficiencies by eliminating unnecessary post-operative visits and phone calls. **The Case Study presents the following results: ** - **20% **fewer post-operative visits. - **2 **phone calls fewer per patient with the digitally engaged patients. - **90 %** PRO questionnaire response rate - **87%** PREM questionnaire response rate - **89% **app download rate. - **4,5/5 **patients' rating of the digitized care pathways. [![Read more](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2341524/53d6c861-c231-4bfd-9b83-df42a888fcbf.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2341524/53d6c861-c231-4bfd-9b83-df42a888fcbf) ![older orthopaedic patient with ipad](https://www.buddyhealthcare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/older%20orthopaedic%20patient%20%20with%20ipad.jpeg?width=1819&height=1152&name=older%20orthopaedic%20patient%20%20with%20ipad.jpeg) ## Virtual Care with the BuddyCare Platform ### Mobile App for Patients The patient-facing BuddyCare app helps patients to navigate through their care pathways. Timed reminders and push notifications ensure that patients get the right information at the right time. Patients can submit forms or in-app questionnaires to the care personnel and interact via the mobile app.  ![desktop-mobile-image-1](https://www.buddyhealthcare.com/hubfs/desktop-mobile-image-1.png "desktop-mobile-image-1") ### Dashboard for Care Personnel With the dashboard, the hospital care personnel can monitor patients' care progress and see at-a-glance if patients have read all education, submitted in-app questionnaires and followed all instructions The dashboard collects data during the patients' pathways and enables patient interaction. The dashboard produces reports for analysis. [![Book a meeting](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2341524/57b6fd21-b0f7-4af2-a0f5-e193fb976f4c.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2341524/57b6fd21-b0f7-4af2-a0f5-e193fb976f4c) ## Examples of implemented orthopaedic care pathways Anterior cruciate ligament, ACL Back surgery Back to fitness treatment path Back ossification surgery Fracture Management Tool - DEXA measurement care pathway Hip joint replacement Knee joint replacement Knee fitness treatment path Neck surgery Osteoarthritis pain (hip and knee) Prolapsed Disc Surgery Spinal disc herniation Sports medicine care path     **Can't find the care pathway you are looking for? Contact us and we'll create your care pathway shortly.** ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "Corporation", "address" : { "@type" : "PostalAddress", "addressCountry" : "Finland", "addressLocality" : "Helsinki", "postalCode" : "00510 ", "streetAddress" : "Kuortaneenkatu 2" }, "alternateName" : "Buddy Healthcare", "areaServed" : [ "US", "GB", "FI", "DE", "CA", "AT", "BE", "CZ", "CY", "DK", "GR", "GI", "HU", "IE", "IT", "MT", "MC", "NL", "NO", "PL", "PT", "RU", "ES", "SE", "CH", "AX", "EE", "FR", "LV", "LT", "LU", "LI", "RO", "SK", "SI" ], "contactPoint" : [ { "@type" : "ContactPoint", "areaServed" : [ "US", "GB", "FI", "DE", "CA", "AT", "BE", "CZ", "CY", "DK", "GR", "GI", "HU", "IE", "IT", "MT", "MC", "NL", "NO", "PL", "PT", "RU", "ES", "SE", "CH", "AX", "EE", "FR", "LV", "LT", "LU", "LI", "RO", "SK", "SI" ], "availableLanguage" : [ "en", "fi", "de" ], "contactType" : "sales", "email" : "info@buddyhealthcare.com", "telephone" : "+358 20 7352310" }, { "@type" : "ContactPoint", "areaServed" : [ "US", "GB", "FI", "DE", "CA", "AT", "BE", "CZ", "CY", "DK", "GR", "GI", "HU", "IE", "IT", "MT", "MC", "NL", "NO", "PL", "PT", "RU", "ES", "SE", "CH", "AX", "EE", "FR", "LV", "LT", "LU", "LI", "RO", "SK", "SI" ], "availableLanguage" : [ "en", "de", "fi" ], "contactType" : "technical support", "email" : "info@buddyhealthcare.com", "telephone" : "+358 20 7352310" }, { "@type" : "ContactPoint", "areaServed" : [ "US", "GB", "FI", "DE", "CA", "AT", "BE", "CZ", "CY", "DK", "GR", "GI", "HU", "IE", "IT", "MT", "MC", "NL", "NO", "PL", "PT", "RU", "ES", "SE", "CH", "AX", "EE", "FR", "LV", "LT", "LU", "LI", "RO", "SK", "SI" ], "availableLanguage" : [ "en", "de", "fi" ], "contactType" : "customer service", "email" : "info@buddyhealthcare.com", "telephone" : "+358 20 7352310" } ], "description" : "Buddy Healthcare – We help clinics by digitizing care pathways to remotely monitor and guide patients. Our patient guidance solution and care pathway management service are designed to help healthcare providers with the automation of information exchange through patients and mobile devices. The all-in-one software as a service (SaaS) consists of a mobile app for patients, a web based clinical dashboard for care personnel and digitized care pathways management service. Our goal is to help patients to become more informed and engaged with their treatment plan through their mobile phone’s information portal, while helping you, as healthcare professionals, to monitor and manage multiple patients’ progress simultaneously. 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Patients can access to their care plan's information 24/7 in BuddyCare's patient information portal, which patients can access through their mobile phone. The pocket sized information portal is an app, which helps patients to seamlessly navigate through their care process’ steps and information. Automated notifications and reminders ensure that patients get the right information at the right time, leading them to be properly prepared for appointments or procedures. Patients can instantly submit digitised medical forms and questionnaires to hospital personnel, access video material related to their operation (or recovery) while the portal provides a secure, two-way, real-time communication channel. By using the care pathway monitoring dashboard, healthcare providers have a comprehensive, real-time view of all the patients enrolled in your clinical care pathways. The dashboard platform provides clinics with extensive capabilities to monitor and visualise patients’ compliance with their care plan. As a patient progresses through their carepath, attention notifications on care plan tasks are automated and sent to patients’ phones - while care personnel see from the dashboard which tasks have been completed and which are in progress. To assure that a patient is prepared for their next appointment, the dashboard notifies the care personnel about patients who are lagging behind in the preparation process and automatically sends the patients reminders to complete their care plan tasks, such as completing forms / and acknowledging information packets. Through the real time view of patient compliance, the care personnel can easily identify early signs of no- shows / cancellations. And combined with the direct communication channel between the patient's phone and the dashboard, the care personnel can intervene and reach out to the patient directly - no more time-intensive phone calls and unreliable emails or paper mailings. With fully automated patient guidance and data collection, clinics drastically reduce time spent on care coordination. 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