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Wellbe.me today announced its new system to help standardize the coordination of care for orthopedic patients.

According to a release, the Patient Guidance System for Total Joint Replacement covers the entire patient care journey, providing timely instructions, education (including videos), preparation checklists, decision-support tools for discharge planning and feedback surveys.

“We designed the Patient Guidance System … for orthopedic departments to help set patient expectations, align their programs to standards of care and reduce variances,” James Dias, CEO and Founder of Wellbe.me, said in a statement. “Our clients are seeing returns in higher patient satisfaction scores, better care economics and other competitive advantages.”

The program, which was designed in conjunction with surgeons and care coordinators, is live at Butler (Pa.) Memorial Hospital and Avera McKennan in Sioux Falls, S.D., and it may go live next month at UW Hospital.

The announcement was made at the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON) 33rd Annual Congress in San Antonio.