Clinical, demographic, social and organizational predictors of inpatient rehabilitation after hip and knee replacement for advanced osteoarthritis
The global demand for end-stage hip and knee osteoarthritis surgical treatment is rising, as is the need for optimal postoperative rehabilitation. Patient stratification is key to providing rehabilitation professionals and policymakers with real-life data supporting early discharge planning and continuous care provision. IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant’Ambrogio and the PREPARE Rehab Group led a retrospective, observational study […]
How to equip and motivate clinicians to apply clinical decision support tools in practice?
Introduction In rehabilitation care, every patient is unique. Therefore, each patient should be treated differently. Treatments that are tailored to a patient’s individual needs are called ‘personalised care’. Most clinicians are not skilled enough to adequately personalise their treatment. That’s why the PREPARE program aims to deliver a clinical decision support tool (CDST) that helps […]