Leapfrog Group Reports Better Patient Experiences at Ambulatory Surgery Centers
As part one of a three-part series, Leapfrog Group recently published a report about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient experience in outpatient surgical care. The report found that patients who had a same-day surgery were more satisfied with their care in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) than in hospital outpatient departments in all four domains of patient experience. Patients were overwhelmingly more willing to recommend an ASC than...
Research Links Bariatric Surgery to Protection Against Severe COVID-19
Researchers have shown that patients who underwent bariatric surgery had less severe cases of COVID-19 than their non-surgery counterparts. Given that obesity is a significant risk factor for severe COVID-19 infection, weight loss surgery can effectively protect against life-threatening cases of the novel virus. Because of improvements in BMI, breathing and lung mechanics, and other comorbidities like cardiovascular disease, hypertension, sleep apnea, and kidney function, bariatric surgeries have proven to play...