Preoperative clinics have been utilized by academic medical centers to optimize patient outcomes and operating room (OR) utilization. There are few reports of the impact of pre-anesthesia clinics (PAC) on patient outcomes in the community hospital setting. We piloted a community hospital PAC in January 2017 and permanently established it June 2017. All neurosurgical patients from a single provider were evaluated by an anesthesiologist in-person or telephone consultation preoperatively. Over three years, the PAC was also adopted by general surgery, orthopedic surgery, and urology.
Details
Title
An algorithm for integration of a pre-anesthesia clinic in the community hospital setting with geriatric neurosurgical outcomes analysis
Creator
Gheewala, Rohi : Oregon Health and Science University Paez, Wencesley : Oregon Health and Science University Hildebrant, Nathan : Oregon Health and Science University Tsai, Clifford : Oregon Health and Science University Gupta, Shalini : Oregon Health and Science University Hardman, Joe : Oregon Health and Science University Selden, Nathan R. : Oregon Health and Science University Ciporen, Jeremy N. : Oregon Health and Science University
Meeting Name
Research Week, Oregon Health and Science University, 2021
