Test a new smartphone app and help improve surgical care
02 May 2018
Background
Being at the centre of their care, patients having surgery and their families/carers can help NHS staff to deliver safer care and to ensure the best possible surgical experience.
Project aims:
To explore the use of a smartphone app, called MySurgery (free to download on the App Store), which informs surgical patients and their families/carers of the actions they can take to help improve experience, safety and outcomes when having a surgical procedure.
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Ethical approval
This study is sponsored by King’s College London and has received full ethical approval from the King’s College London Research Ethics Committee.
