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Anesth Analg
July 2017
From the *Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; †Operative Care Division, Veterans Affairs Portland Healthcare System, Portland, Oregon; ‡STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; §Department of Cardiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; ‖Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; and ¶Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
Background: Economic, personnel, and procedural challenges often complicate and interfere with efficient and safe perioperative care of patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). In the context of a process improvement initiative, we created and implemented a comprehensive anesthesiologist-run perioperative CIED service to respond to all routine requests for perioperative CIED consultations at a large academic medical center. This study was designed to determine whether this new care model was associated with improved operating room efficiency, reduced institutional cost, and adequate patient safety.
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November 2015
From The Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and Department of Cardiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas (M.A.R.); and Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon (P.M.S.).
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