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1 Introduction Historically, healthcare has been paternalistic; patients were expected to be passive participants in their own healthcare, complying with healthcare professional orders without question (Longtin et al. 2010). Today, there are calls for patients to be more active participants, who partner with healthcare professionals, evaluate the care provided, and join health research teams (Ocloo and Matthews 2016).
Provides key tactics for hospital staff when implementing surgical transitional care interventions, and clear gaps for future researchers such as testing scale-up strategies. 1 Introduction Almost 30% of patients who have undergone major surgery have postoperative complications after hospital discharge (Morris et al. 2014). Of these complications, 59% are associated with hospital readmission (Morris et al. 2014) and cost the US healthcare systems $269 million (Brown et al. 2021).
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