Hospital São Lucas Copacabana, Brazil successfully implemented ERAS® in their respective Colorectal Surgery departments during the pandemic. They have been trained and coached by Prof Adrian Alvarez and Dr Uriel Fraidenraij of University Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina. We wish them all continued success in their ERAS® work!
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Next Phase of ERAS® – Opportunities & Challenges
Next Phase of ERAS® – Opportunities & Challenges
To date, ERAS has achieved significant benefit for patients and health systems; however, improvements are still needed, particularly in the areas of patient optimization and systematic implementation. During this time of global crisis, the ERAS method of delivering care is required to take surgery and anesthesia to the next level and bring improvements in outcomes to both patients and health systems.
For more details, please read here Next Phase ERAS
Encare offers the ERAS® Interactive Audit System for continuous quality audit and follow-up of the ERAS® work and is available including Protocols for the surgical areas of Colorectal, Gynecology, Urology/Cystectomy, Pancreas, Liver, Bariatric, Head & Neck, and Breast Reconstruction.
ERAS® QUALIFIED – RIGSHOSPITALET, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
In Copenhagen, a team lead by Dr Jens Hillingsoe at the Rigshospitalet started their ERAS® Implementation in March 2020 and despite the COVID-19 situation, were able to complete it after 12 months with very good results! The implementation with seminars were run through an online platform with ERAS® Coach Angie Balfour from Edinburgh, UK, and Prof Olle Ljungqvist as ERAS® Trainer. We wish them all continued success in their ERAS® work!
CLINICA UNIVERSITARIA COLOMBIA (CUC) ERAS® QUALIFIED
The Colorectal Team of University of Clinica Universitaria Colombia (CUC) in Bogotá, Colombia recently completed their ERAS® Implementation Program! Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the team has been able to demonstrate great improvements in the perioperative care and acquired the necessary skills in ERAS® Enhanced Recovery After Surgery. The team has been trained and supported by the ERAS® Clinical Experts of Clinica Reina Sofia, Bogotá; Dr Arnold Barrios, Dr Eduardo Zarate, Lic. Vivian Pineda, and the ERAS® Coach Dr Angela Navas. We congratulate the whole team and wish them continued success in maintaining the good ERAS® work!
ERAS® – A Success from the Nurse’s Perspective
ERAS® – A Success from the Nurse’s Perspective
A newly published article based on a survey among ERAS® Nurses, brings up factors such as improving patient outcomes and satisfaction being rated as main motivators for an ERAS® implementation. Further, in order to sustain a successful ERAS® Implementation, factors such as continuous staff education and coordination beyond the implementation period, appear to be of utmost importance.
Suggestions for a sustainable ERAS® program were 1) resources for continuous training, 2) regular feedback on ERAS® compliance for team motivation and 3) discuss state-of-the-art publications for evidence-based care. Overall, the ERAS® program is evaluated as a success from the nurse’s perspective. Read more here
Encare offers the ERAS® Interactive Audit System for continuous quality audit and follow-up of the ERAS® work and is available including Protocols for the surgical areas of Colorectal, Gynecology, Urology/Cystectomy, Pancreas, Liver, Bariatric, Head & Neck, and Breast Reconstruction.
ERAS® QUALIFIED – UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM MANNHEIM, GERMANY
Congratulations to the ERAS® Qualification! The Colorectal Team of Universitätsklinikum Mannheim – Chirurgische Klinik successfully completed their ERAS® Implementation Program, a program which has been run with a combination of physical and on-line seminars over the last 12 months. The ERAS® Clinical Expert, Dr Björn Wellge and ERAS® Coach Freya Brodersen from Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf have supported them throughout the ERAS® implementation. We wish them all continued success in their ERAS® work!
ERAS® QUALIFIED – HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFIA, SPAIN
The University Hospital Reina Sofia in Cordoba, Spain recently completed their ERAS® Implementation Program within Liver and Colorectal Surgery. They started their ERAS® journey just before the pandemic outbreak and have, as many, faced different types of challenges throughout this time. But despite the burden, they were able to uphold good spirit to no become ERAS® Qualified Center. The teams have been supported by our partner Medtronic to work with ERAS®. They were trained by Professor Olle Ljungqvist of the ERAS® Society and ERAS® Coach Valérie Addor of the Centre hospitaliser Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Switzerland. We wish them continued success in sustaining their ERAS® work and improve care for their patients!
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin became ERAS® Qualified Center
Congratulations to the teams at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany for completing their ERAS® Implementation Program with the training team Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Switzerland, supported by the Encare and Medtronic team joining from remote workplaces.
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, a top 10 hospital in the world, is now ERAS® Qualified within the perioperative areas of Colorectal, Pancreatic, and Liver Surgery. Despite the challenges during 2020 with the pandemic and remote seminars, the teams have shown impressive work and result in implementing ERAS®. We wish them continued success in driving ERAS® to improve patient outcomes.
RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF ERAS MULTIGUIDELINE, MULTISITE IMPLEMENTATION
Implementation of ERAS® shows a return on investment of up to 7 times
Canada Journal of Surgery
Alberta Health Services in Canada have been adopting the ERAS® program for several years showing good results. They have performed a return on investment analysis based on their implementation of several protocols (colorectal, pancreas, cystectomy, liver and gynecology) throughout 9 hospitals including about 10,000 patients. Their result shows a return of investment ratio of 1.05 to 7.31, meaning that every dollar invested in ERAS® brought $1.05 to $7.31 in return. Read more here.
Encare offers the ERAS® Interactive Audit System for continuous quality audit and follow-up of the ERAS® work and is available including Protocols for the surgical areas of Colorectal, Gynecology, Urology/Cystectomy, Pancreas, Liver, Bariatric, Head & Neck, and Breast Reconstruction.
Please contact us for details on how to be set up with the ERAS® Interactive Audit System.