Using an App to Speed Surgical Recovery
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To help patients recover faster from surgery, Rush University Medical Center recently has begun providing patients with a computer app that prompts, monitors, and encourages activities that promote healing. Called SeamlessMD, the app can be downloaded to a patient’s smartphone, tablet, or computer. It’s a new and potentially integral part of an expanding Rush program called enhanced recovery after surgery, or ERAS for short. Rush is the only hospital in Chicago using this software.