{"id":1678,"date":"2012-10-04T16:05:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T20:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?p=1678"},"modified":"2017-04-03T12:52:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T16:52:33","slug":"the-ottawa-hospital-helps-patients-prepare-for-surgery-with-a-new-web-section-and-virtual-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/newsroom\/the-ottawa-hospital-helps-patients-prepare-for-surgery-with-a-new-web-section-and-virtual-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ottawa Hospital helps patients prepare for surgery with a new web section and virtual tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>October 4, 2012<\/strong> <strong>\u2013 <\/strong>This week, The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) launched a <a href=\"\/en\/clinical-services\/my-surgery\/\">new section <\/a>on its website, dedicated to helping patients prepare for surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Being told that you need surgery can be a stressful experience. The fear of the unknown can often be overwhelming. It is with this in mind, that the <a href=\"\/en\/clinical-services\/my-surgery\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018my Surgery\u2019 section <\/a>of the website was created.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsivevideo\"><iframe title=\"Meet the Team at The Ottawa Hospital\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O1yEzdCIzxc?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The overall goal of this web section was to ease patients\u2019 concerns by preparing them for what to expect, improving communication and access to information, and providing them with a virtual tour of TOH as it relates to surgery. This innovative video tour called \u2018Meet the Team\u2019 starts in Admitting and makes its way through the hospital journey to being discharged (even including a tour of the inside of the Operating Room), all while introducing the health-care team members a patient might meet along the way.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"\/en\/clinical-services\/my-surgery\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018my Surgery\u2019 section<\/a> of the website provides a way for patients to access their own \u2018Pre-op Health History\u00a0Patient\u00a0Questionnaire tool\u2019 from home so they can be better prepared for their initial visit with their surgeon. Also included in the section is educational material for patients, such as pre-operative protocols, pain management options, smoking cessation guides and early discharge planning tips.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project was the result of an inter-professional team of doctors (surgeons and anesthesiologists), nurses and support services (clinical and non-clinical) coming together to create one high-quality, central resource for patients and families,\u201d said Dr. Sylvain Gagn\u00e9, anesthesiologist and Corporate Medical Director for the Pre-Admission Unit at The Ottawa Hospital. \u201cWith patients as far away as Nunavut, we felt it was important to find ways to get them the information they need, as close to home as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visits to TOH\u2019s website have steadily increased over the past year and now, more than 45,000 people visit the site each month. With TOH performing more than 34,000 surgeries each year, \u2018my Surgery\u2019 has the potential to reach and help a large number of patients and visitors. This new service will allow patients to prepare for surgery with their family members in the comfort of their own home, giving them the time they need to digest the information and fully understand it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Hazel Harding<br \/>\nCommunications Advisor<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:hharding@toh.on.ca\">hharding@toh.on.ca<br \/>\n<\/a>Tel.: 613-737-8460<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 4, 2012 \u2013 This week, The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) launched a new section on its website, dedicated to helping patients prepare for surgery. Being told that you need surgery can be a stressful experience. The fear of the unknown can often be overwhelming. It is with this in mind, that the \u2018my Surgery\u2019 section [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsroom"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}