Key result
Preoperative assessment of elective surgical cases identified cancellation patterns encompassing clinical, financial, compliance, and social issues, providing a framework to improve workflow.
Why the study?
What are the patterns and categories of cancellations at the time of elective outpatient preoperative anesthesia visits?
Population
Elective surgical cases evaluated in the preoperative clinic at Brigham and Women's Hospital over 10 months
Comparison
Categorization framework for cancellations at… vs Noncancelled cases
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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May support targeted interventions to reduce cancellations; hypothesis-generating for workflow optimization pending prospective validation.
Observational
No
What are the patterns and categories of cancellations at the time of elective outpatient preoperative anesthesia visits?
Categorizing cancellations at the preoperative anesthesia visit into clinical, financial, and social domains can help identify targets to improve preoperative workflow and patient-centered care.
Nelson et al. (2016) conducted an observational in Elective surgery. Preoperative assessment vs. Noncancelled cases was evaluated on Characteristics and patterns of cancelled versus noncancelled cases. Preoperative assessment of elective surgical cases identified cancellation patterns encompassing clinical, financial, compliance, and social issues, providing a framework to improve workflow.
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