Case study: Spinal surgery

HealthUnlocked has partnered with the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital to implement a web-based system that allows doctors and patients to track the results of back operations in the form of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).

This secure system provides any clinician or hospital department with a way of engaging patients in recording and communicating their own treatment outcomes.

It's designed to help patients quantify how effective the treatment has been as well as giving doctors an easy-to-access, visible record of their results. This happens via iPads in clinic or online at home.

Capturing this surgical data is made more accessible to clinical practice via an integrated op note. It is designed to offer easy communication of outcomes in the clinical environment as well as a platform for measurement and outcome research.

“Our work with HealthUnlocked will lift the lid on outcomes in spinal surgery by making the patients the judge of the success of the treatments we offer. This patient-centred approach to data collection benefits not only patients, but the institutions and device manufactures who deliver the treatment.”

— Matthew Shaw, Consultant Spinal Surgeon, RNOH Stanmore