May 16, 2023
Focusing more on same-day surgeries is a growing trend in Canada as it frees up in-patient care beds for other acute patients and appeals to patients because they allow them to recover safely at home. As a result of a collaboration between units and workers, Boundary Trails Health Centre did 639 of the procedures in 2022-23 - 139 above its target. The hospital re-engineered how it and healthcare professionals treated patients. After select orthopedic surgeries, it facilitates an early rehabilitation plan with physiotherapists who meet with patients after surgery. If it's safe to do so, the patients are released and virtual programs are used to monitor their progress.