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SPOC improves surgical outcomes and experiences

Posted on Oct 21, 2021

More than 100 specialists and health care partners celebrated the success of the SSC's Surgical Patient Optimization Collaborative (SPOC) at a recent virtual event. SPOC brings together multi-disciplinary team to assist patients prepare for, recover faster, and have better outcomes from surgery. 

Not only are patients reporting improved experiences (91%) and better surgical outcomes (86%), participating physicians say they have improved experiences (94%) and increased job satisfaction. There is also data showing reduced costs to the province’s health care system. 

Read key findings published in the BC Medical Journal or read the detailed reports.
 

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