Adapting Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocols to Promote Equity in Cancer Care and Outcomes

Clare Meernik; Michaela Z Kolarova; Melina Ksor; Samantha Kaplan; Julie K Marosky Thacker; Rebecca A Previs; Tomi Akinyemiju

doi:10.1097/AS9.0000000000000427

Adapting Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocols to Promote Equity in Cancer Care and Outcomes

Ann Surg Open. 2024 Apr 26;5(2):e427. doi: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000427. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Authors

Clare Meernik¹, Michaela Z Kolarova¹, Melina Ksor¹, Samantha Kaplan², Julie K Marosky Thacker^{3

4}, Rebecca A Previs⁵, Tomi Akinyemiju^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
² Medical Center Library & Archives, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
³ Duke Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
⁴ Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.

Abstract

Equity-focused evaluations of existing healthcare system-level policies, clinical practices, and interventions are needed to identify factors that may narrow, or unintentionally widen, the racial disparity in cancer outcomes. We focus here on the evaluation of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols and their potential to promote equity in cancer care and outcomes.