ORACLE (ahsqc.org) lets ventral
hernia repair patients visualize
outcomes. ORACLE, which
stands for Outcomes Reporting
App for Clinical and Patient
Engagement, predicts the follow-
ing outcomes: risk for surgical
site infection within 30 days of
surgery; 30-day risk for a recur-
rent ventral hernia requiring
another surgery; 30-day risk for
unplanned hospital readmission;
one-year risk for hernia recur-
rence; and length of hospital
stay.
"The objective of the tool is to have patients not just take responsibil-
ity for good outcomes, but to know that some of their lifestyle behav-
iors contribute to both good and bad outcomes postoperatively, and to
have surgeons make sure that the expectations are realistic for the
patient," says Ivy Haskins, MD, a general surgery chief resident at
George Washington University, in Washington, D.C., in a release.
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A U G U S T 2 0 1 9 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 8 1
• SIZE MATTERS This 1.5 cm x 5 cm mesh shown here is
much too small to be effective.
