An interventional study of Early post-surgical discharge with post-surgical home based monitoring and Standard inpatient care until deemed suitable for discharge in Laparoscopy and Discharge Planning, sponsored by Sengkang General Hospital. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 21 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-20.
Sponsored by Sengkang General Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The investigators are conducting a prospective study to evaluate the SKH@Home programme, a post-discharge monitoring initiative for surgical patients. The aim of this study is to conduct a pragmatic, non-randomized pilot study to compare the SKH@Home programme with standard post-surgical care on patient outcomes.
Sengkang General Hospital is the lead sponsor of 16 studies on the registry; 10 are open to participants now.
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Lives in Singapore's Northeast region
EITHER
Diagnosed with intra-abdominal abscess requiring ongoing IV antibiotics as recommended by Infectious Diseases Specialist where necessary OR Diagnosed with liver abscess requiring ongoing IV antibiotics as recommended by Infectious Diseases Specialist where necessary AND Has undergone initial treatment (e.g., drainage if required) and is clinically improving
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Exclusion Criteria:
Post-surgical patients are routinely monitored in the acute hospital setting, until they are deemed suitable for discharge by their primary surgeon.
Procedure: Standard inpatient care until deemed suitable for discharge
The SKH@home program, is a post-discharge monitoring program, which allows stable post-surgical patients (after minimally invasive/ endoscopic/ bariatric surgery) or with stable surgical conditions after interventions (like abdominal or liver abscess management) to be discharged earlier from the acute hospital while providing regular post-discharge monitoring at the patient's own home, either through home visits or patient assessment via telemonitoring.
Procedure: Early post-surgical discharge with post-surgical home based monitoring
The SKH@home program, is a post-discharge monitoring program, which allows stable post-surgical patients to be discharged earlier from hospital while providing regular post-discharge monitoring at the patient's own home, either through home visits and patient assessment, or telemonitoring of patients.
Patients will receive standard postoperative management in the acute hospital until they are deemed fit for discharge by their primary surgeon
Bed days saved
Bed days saved in the acute hospital setting
Time frame: From enrollment to 30 days after patient is discharged from the hospital/ post-discharge monitoring programme
Return to hospital
Unplanned readmission/ return to the hospital within 30-days
Time frame: From enrollment until 30-days after patient is discharged from the hospital/ from post-discharge monitoring care
Length of stay
Combined length of stay. For inpatients, will be time of admission till time of discharge from acute hospital For patients enrolled into post-discharge monitoring programme, will be from time of admission till time of discharge from post-discharge monitoring programme
Time frame: From enrollment until patient is discharged from the hospital/ from post-discharge monitoring care (up to around 2 weeks), whichever is longer
Hospitalisation bill
Total non-subsidised hospitalisation bill size
Time frame: From enrollment until 30-days after patient is discharged from the hospital/ from post-discharge monitoring care
Postoperative complications
30-day postoperative complications, graded by the Clavien-Dindo classification
Time frame: From enrollment until 30-days after patient is discharged from the hospital/ from post-discharge monitoring care
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Plan to share: Undecided
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