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The impact of reduction of testing at a Preoperative Evaluation Clinic for elective cases: Value added without adverse outcomes.
J Clin Anesth
August 2019
Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 4648 Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN 37232, United States of America; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 4648 Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN 37232, United States of America.
Study Objective: Protocol changes at Vanderbilt have been adopted with the intention of reducing unnecessary preoperative testing. We sought to evaluate their success and association with clinical decisions.
Design: Retrospective Observational Study SETTING: Vanderbilt's Preoperative Evaluation Clinic MEASUREMENTS: We reviewed and identified a key interval of change on clinical workup protocols which led to a reduction in preoperative testing.