Not too long ago, hospitals got paid much more for bad outcomes than good, but those days are long gone. Just surgical complications alone can add $25,000 on average to a hospital’s direct costs. Of those complications, only 10 percent are procedure-related (technical) and 90 percent are due to medical conditions. This is just one reason for health care organizations to have a robust preoperative program. On this episode, you’ll hear about all the benefits of developing a great preoperative clinic.
Guest speaker:
Rick May, MD
Senior Principal, Clinical Quality Improvement
Vizient
Orthopedic Surgeon
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Show Notes:
[00:49] The drive to surgical quality and rise of perioperative medicine
[01:11] Defining perioperative medicine
[01:55] What drives better surgical outcomes
[02:24] Technical and medical complications – the need for pre-operative evaluation
[04:39] The pre-operative clinic process
[05:50] The need for perioperative training
[06:17] Turf wars
[07:04] Staffing
[08:11] Three characteristics of a great pre-operative clinic
[09:11] Benefits of creating a pre-operative program
Links | Resources:
To contact Modern Practice: modernpracticepodcast@vizientinc.com
Dr. May’s contact email: rick.may@vizientinc.com
Preoperative evaluation clinics proving their worth (Becker’s) Click here
Preoperative Evaluation Before Noncardiac Surgery (Mayo) Click here
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