Key result
Standardized proforma streamlines documentation of high-risk perioperative multidisciplinary team decisions and risk scoring.
Why the study?
Individualised risk assessment was identified as a PQIP priority to optimise outcomes, inform surgical decisions, and avoid late cancellations, but no standardised documentation existed for high-risk pre-assessment MDT discussions.
A quality improvement initiative aimed to create a standardized proforma for documenting high-risk perioperative multidisciplinary team decisions.
Standardized MDT proforma may improve high-risk perioperative documentation; leaves open impact on outcomes or cancellations.
Objective: Individualised risk assessment has been highlighted as a Perioperative Quality Improvement Programme (PQIP) priority to optimise patient outcomes, inform surgical decision-making, and avoid late cancellations. Our hospital did not have a standardised way of documenting high-risk pre-assessment multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussions; therefore, we aimed to create a proforma to document the outcome of decisions made supported by perioperative risk scoring tools.
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Easby et al. (2026) studied High-risk surgical patients. Proforma for documenting high-risk pre-assessment MDT discussions was evaluated. A quality improvement initiative aimed to create a proforma to standardise the documentation of high-risk pre-assessment multidisciplinary team decisions and perioperative risk scoring.
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