PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Angela M. Bader
AU  - Bobbiejean Sweitzer
AU  - Ajay Kumar
TI  - Nuts and bolts of preoperative clinics: The view from three institutions
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.76.s4.17
DP  - 2009 Nov 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - S104--S111
VI  - 76
IP  - 10 suppl 4
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/10_suppl_4/S104.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/10_suppl_4/S104.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2009 Nov 01; 76
AB  - Three directors of dedicated preoperative assessment clinics share their experience in setting up and running their programs. Standardizing and centralizing all or part of the preoperative evaluation process—obtaining patient records; the history and physical examination; the surgical, anesthesiology, and nursing assessments; ordering tests; and documentation and billing—increases efficiency. The savings achieved from minimizing redundancy, avoiding surgery delays and cancellations, and improved reimbursement coding offset the increased costs of setting up and running the clinic.