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Enhanced Recovery: A Decade of Experience and Future Prospects at the Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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Healthcare 2021, 9(5), 549; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050549
Submission received: 1 March 2021 / Revised: 26 March 2021 / Accepted: 12 April 2021 / Published: 8 May 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Perioperative Care)

Abstract

This work aims to describe the implementation and subsequent learnings from the first decade after the full implementation of enhanced recovery pathway for colorectal surgery at a single institution. This paper will describe the diffusion efforts and plans through the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC) process of ongoing quality improvement and through research efforts. The information applies to all readers that provide surgical care within their organization as the fundamental principles of enhanced recovery for surgery are applicable regardless of the setting.
Keywords: enhanced recovery; surgical care; colorectal surgery; quality improvement enhanced recovery; surgical care; colorectal surgery; quality improvement

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Lovely, J.K.; Larson, D.W. Enhanced Recovery: A Decade of Experience and Future Prospects at the Mayo Clinic. Healthcare 2021, 9, 549. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050549

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Lovely JK, Larson DW. Enhanced Recovery: A Decade of Experience and Future Prospects at the Mayo Clinic. Healthcare. 2021; 9(5):549. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050549

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Lovely, Jenna K., and David W. Larson. 2021. "Enhanced Recovery: A Decade of Experience and Future Prospects at the Mayo Clinic" Healthcare 9, no. 5: 549. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050549

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Lovely, J. K., & Larson, D. W. (2021). Enhanced Recovery: A Decade of Experience and Future Prospects at the Mayo Clinic. Healthcare, 9(5), 549. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050549

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