RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Nuts and bolts of preoperative clinics: The view from three institutions
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP S104
OP S111
DO 10.3949/ccjm.76.s4.17
VO 76
IS 10 suppl 4
A1 Angela M. Bader
A1 Bobbiejean Sweitzer
A1 Ajay Kumar
YR 2009
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/10_suppl_4/S104.abstract
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.