Key result
Better communication and interpersonal collaboration are needed to integrate divergent perioperative information, reduce unnecessary testing, and decrease healthcare costs.
Improved communication and education regarding perioperative management guidelines are needed to reduce unnecessary testing and decrease healthcare costs.
May encourage perioperative teams to prioritize communication; leaves open optimal strategies to cut unnecessary testing and costs.
The enormous diversity of physician practices, including specialists, and patient requirements and comorbidities make integration of appropriate perioperative information difficult. Lack of communicating computer systems adds to the difficulty of assembling data. Meta analysis and evidence-based studies indicate that far too many tests are performed perioperatively. Guidelines for appropriate perioperative management have been formulated by several specialties. Education as to current findings and requirements should be better communicated to surgeons, consultants, and patients to improve healthcare needs and at the same time decrease costs. Means to better communication by interpersonal collaboration are outlined.
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Elizabeth A. M. Frost (2012) conducted a review in Perioperative management. Interpersonal collaboration and communication was evaluated. Better communication and interpersonal collaboration are needed to integrate divergent perioperative information, reduce unnecessary testing, and decrease healthcare costs.
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