Open AccessDevelopment and implementation of a dedicated postoperative evaluation service to improve compliance of postoperative visits
Author(s) -
Joshua C Vacanti,
Richard D. Urman,
Pankaj Sarin,
Xiaoxia Liu,
Bhavani Shankar Kodali
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.150550
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , audit , subspecialty , anesthesia , adverse effect , emergency medicine , anesthesiology , checklist , family medicine , management , economics , psychology , cognitive psychology
Postoperative patient evaluation is an integral component of perioperative care. An audit of our anesthesia department's records demonstrated a compliance rate of <50%. We postulated that the development of clinical anesthesia service dedicated to performing such evaluations would improve compliance significantly.