I
've sent about
50 total knee
patients home
on the day of
their surgeries,
and not one has had
to make an unsched-
uled return. No one
has fallen, none have
developed infections,
and no one has ended
up in the emergency
room for any other
reason. That's not just
good luck, of course.
To achieve and main-
tain that kind of success, we carefully mapped out the details of our
outpatient total joint program, including all the obstacles patients
potentially face once they're discharged to home. By working with a
reliable home healthcare organization to address the following essen-
tial elements of recovery success, we know that patients will be safe
J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 • O U T PA T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T • 6 5
Safe at Home
Ensuring rehab goes
smoothly in the weeks
after surgery is the
final piece of the
patient care puzzle.
Gary A. Levengood, MD
Lawrenceville, Ga.
• PROGRESS REPORT For the first 2 weeks after surgery, therapists visit patients for
about 45 minutes every other day to make sure rehab is progressing properly and to keep
physicians informed.
