Arthroplasty Follow‐Up Pathways: A Qualitative Study of Current Practice and Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes and Motivations for Change
The reliability of newer prosthetics and surgical skill has influenced some changes by increasing confidence in a pathway which does not routinely provide long-term follow-up. Service commissioners also have a role to play in how follow-up care pathways are configured, but scrutiny of the ratio of new to follow-up appointments can put pressure on clinical staff to follow-up only patients with identified clinical need. Virtual clinics can provide a service to patients and use scarce resources efficiently, but NHS IT systems that would be needed to support more remote working, for example, telemedicine and plans to collect PROMS data online from patients to assist with monitoring were not advanced.
Authors
- Sarah R. Kingsbury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9917-1269)
- M H Stone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7967-0626)
- Carolyn Czoski‐Murray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7742-2883)
- Kate Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2080-0262)
- Lindsay K Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9979-3180)
- Philip G. Conaghan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3478-5665)
Institutions
- University of Leeds (GB)
- University of the West of England (GB)
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Musculoskeletal Care
- Published
- 2024-11-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.70003
- Primary Topic
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Health Services and Delivery Research Programme
- Leeds Biomedical Research Centre