Patient Education Resources for Surgical Care and Recovery

Published: 12/04/2023

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission,
  • Department of Health and Human Services
Relevant To:
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals

The AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR) Toolkit helps hospitals improve patients' surgical experience by adopting enhanced recovery practices such as evidence-based processes that are supported by multidisciplinary teams and span the continuum of perioperative care.

A resource within the ISCR Toolkit are seven booklets developed by AHRQ to help patients recover from surgery, which are now also available in Spanish. These booklets were created by content experts…

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