SwiftPath Surgeon Brochure - Enhanced recovery

THE BEST PROGRAM FOROutpatient And Enhanced Recovery Joint Replacement

WHAT IS THE HOW SWIFTPATHSWIFTPATH STARTEDPROGRAM? SwiftPath had its origins in a lab focused on makingThe SwiftPath Program is more than just surgical joint replacement surgery less invasive, moremethods, implants, medications, or anesthesia. patient-friendly, with less blood loss and less post-It is a coordinated sequence of events that work operative pain. We redesigned the operation andtogether to achieve the perfect execution of a instruments but maintained the gold standard.joint replacement. Minimally invasive techniques combined with multimodal pain management naturally lead toIn the past, all joint replacement patients have a reduction of narcotics and decreased lengths ofbeen managed in the same basic clinical pathway. stay. Patients got better faster.SwiftPath Program recognizes that some patientsneed the resources of a traditional hospitalization. These techniques were combined with a modernHowever, our Pathway Algorithm™ helps to approach to patient education, a cloud-basedidentify patients who will do better at home. patient engagement program and standardized protocols. With the decreased lengths of stay,The SwiftPath Program succeeds in matching each better pain management and patient education,patient with an ideal platform. safe and reliable outpatient and enhanced recovery joint replacement has yielded gold standard outcomes and improved patient satisfaction.“Connecting the right patient, with the right surgeon, and the right pathway.”

YOUR TRIPLE AIM + 1 = THEDemand for total joint replacement surgeries is expected to grow at unprecedented rates over the next fewyears. By 2030, annual growth for primary total knee replacement is projected to be 3.48 million procedures.The TRIPLE AIM defines 3 dimensions: Experience of Care improving the patient experience improving community health, and IMPROVING SURGEON reducing costs EXPERIENCEThe TRIPLE AIM is more than a concept, Community Health Reducing Costit’s an obligation. SwiftPath offers asystematic approach to change, but forthe TRIPLE AIM to be sustainable wemust also improve the surgeonexperience. “The TRIPLE AIM is more than a concept, it’s an obligation.”

OUTPATIENT & ENHANCED RECOVERYSOLUTIONS: PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONNATIONAL — CME LOCAL — CADAVER EDUCATIONTransitioning to outpatient and enhanced recovery and enhancedjoint replacements will recovery outcomes and quality review.SwiftPath is committed to promoting education where Thesurgeons need it most, including AAOS, AAHKS, CCJR SwiftPath Surgical Courses include MIS hip and kneeand Becker’s Annual Meeting. SwiftPath also extends techniques, open instrument platforms and are cateredthe learning experience beyond the national and to the surgeons’ unique wants and needs.regional meetings to surgeon communities and tomultimedia platforms. The educational effort engages The SwiftPath Program includes customizable outcomeall involved team members in the practice and the ASC. measures based on national standards. Using innovative cloud-based tools and dashboards, providers andREGIONAL — ROUNDTABLES administrators get real time access to their quality results and combine clinical and patient-reportedThe 1-day SwiftPath RoundTables bring together outcomes. SwiftPath has innovated an outpatientsurgeons, healthcare staff and administration to learn clinical monitoring platform allowing other providersand collaborate around sharing best practices, data such as home care services and physical therapy tocollection, bench marking and driving improvements report progress on the system.for outpatient and enhanced recovery total jointreplacements. Thesemeetings createsubstantial surgeonengagement andloyalty while helpingto establish regionallyrelevant, standardizedprotocols.

SUPERIOR OUTPATIENT & ENHANCED RECOVERYSTRATEGY FOR TOTAL JOINT RECONSTRUCTIONSURGEON AUTHORED PATIENT GUIDES JOINTCAMPS The Surgeon Authored The SwiftPath JointCamp provides education to Patient Guides blend the patients, spouses, family and other key support. It surgeon’s techniques focuses on elements that help decrease pain, improve with standardized proto- rehabilitation, reduce length of stay, and enhance cols created in the recovery following surgery. The patient’s role is SwiftPath RoundTables. emphasized and clear expectations are defined. The Guide compliments the SwiftPath JointCamp PATIENT ENGAGEMENT which is customized to each surgeon’s practice. The patient engagement process includes using the surgeon authored Patient Guide, attending JointCampPATIENT OPTIMIZATION with a caregiver to learn from a certified instructor about pain management, DVT prophylaxis, and goalsIdentifying and managing patient related risks before for the patient. The online cloud based SwiftPathsurgery reduces complications and is referred to as platform allows patient reporting for the criticallyPatient Optimization. important four days after surgery. “The whole experience with the hip, it’s SHARED DECISION MAKING triggered my weight loss, the improvement with the diabetes, the improvement with the The Surgeon, Patient and Caregiver will be given high blood pressure. I think because of this the best evidence and tools to share in the surgical whole overall experience, I’ve added eight to decision. This involves a clear discussion of the alter- ten years to my life.” natives to surgery, risks of surgery, and the patient/ caregiver role in helping to improve the outcome. - Joe R, Woodinville, WA

MULTI-MODAL PAIN MANAGEMENT ANDPROPER NARCOTICS DISPOSALMULTI-MODAL PAIN MANAGEMENT NARCOTICS DISPOSALA systematic approach to multimodal pain manage- SwiftPath and our surgeons are committed to reducement is central to the SwiftPath Program. This narcotic abuse and help eliminate diversion. Pleaseapproach has been vetted through our RoundTables dispose of unused narcotics properly.and proven with outcomes. It teaches the surgeon,patient and caregiver to do everything that can be Go to www.fda.gov/drugs/ to find an authorizeddone from the point of incision to home recovery, collector in your community, or the recommendedall while minimizing the use of narcotics. steps to properly dispose of unused medication.NARCOTICS TAKE BACK DAY - On April 30, 2016 in Lehigh County alone 1,360,776 pills were returned, many of whichSwiftPath is driven to find alternatives to narcotics. were opiates.While narcotics need to be available to patients,the less patients use them the better they do. “If you have a gun safe, or a jewelry safe, or someplace where you can lock stuff up, that’s really where that [narcotics] belongs. At the end of my shift, my gun gets locked up, because in the wrong hands, it could hurt somebody. Your narcotics in the wrong hands, well, has hurt somebody, has killed somebody.” Police Officer R. King

SWIFTPATH SERVICES, PROGRAMS, ANDSOLUTIONSEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS SWIFTPATH CLOUD BASED, HIPAA SECURE HOME CARENational, Regional, Local, Digital MONITORING, PATIENT Community Education Fairs REPORTED OUTCOMES, Patient Optimization Program PROGRAMS AND SOLUTIONS Surgeon Education — THE COMPLETE PACKAGE ○ RoundTables FOR BUNDLED CARE ○ Cadaver labs ○ Zonal method injection SERVICES & SOLUTIONSDATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS  Customized Patient Guide Production  Surgeon’s Landing PageReal Time Experience, Real Time Data  Personalized Videos Clinical Outcomes  JointCamp Presentation Patient Experience  RoundTable Membership Marketing Insights  Pathway Algorithm App  Basic Outcomes PackageTOTAL JOINTS IN THE ASC  Patient Home Reporting  Online Patient Registration A strategy for taking your total joints into an  Patient Notification and Reminder Program outpatient setting  Community Education Fair Program  Assistance with Online Presence Learn best practices from other successful surgeons and staff

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” William JamesSwiftPath, LLC11321 NE 120th St.Kirkland, WA 98034Tel: (425) 284-7270Fax: (425) [email protected]