Surgical Care Affiliates and SwiftPath partnered to offer outpatient hip and knee replacements support services.
Here are four highlights:
1. Through the partnership, SCA can expand the network of surgeons offering outpatient joint procedures.
2. Expert opinion has vetted SwiftPath's evidence-based recovery protocols, which SwiftPath has presented at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons in November 2015 and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in March 2016.
3. Surgeons performing outpatient joint procedures will have access to SwiftPath's platform, which offers HIPAA-secure, cloud-based homecare monitoring technologies, patient-reported outcomes and quality improvement services, among others.
4. Through the partnership, SwiftPath will add SCA Senior Vice President Goran Dragolovic and SCA Group Vice President of Development Tim Buono to its board of directors.
"Our relationship with SwiftPath provides SCA's physician partners with an advanced capability to improve patient care in a more cost effective setting," said Mr. Dragolovic.
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