Mobile app guides patients through surgical recovery
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The Post Op app was created by doctors and nurses at Kettering General Hospital in Northamptonshire and allows patients undergoing procedures like hip and knee replacement surgery and colorectal operations to answer questions about their recovery through mobile questionnaires.
In an NHS survey of 303 senior doctors, 60 per cent said they would be interested in working for the online service, alongside their existing roles, when it starts next year.
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The UCL Centre for Digital Public Health in Emergencies (dPHE) has been designated a World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Digital Public Health and Pandemic Preparedness.
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