Objectives The number of surgeries performed in the United States has increased over the
past two decades, with a shift to the ambulatory setting. Perioperative complications and …

Background In the United States, over-testing and over-treatment are recognised causes of
excess cost and patient harm. Healthcare value, defined as health outcomes achieved …

Objective: To define a core dataset for preoperative assessment to leverage uniform data
collection in this domain. This uniformity is a prerequisite for data exchange between care …

Introduction Currently, there are few evidence-based guidelines to inform optimal clinical
data-entry template design that maximizes usability while reducing unintended …

Objective To prove that inpatient-adjusted surgical risk and quality outcome measures can
be considerably impacted by interventions to improve documentation in the preoperative …

Clinical documentation captured in a patient's record provides health care personnel with
information that can be used to guide patient care. Data collected in electronic health …

Objective: We present a holistic perioperative optimization approach led by a CI team with
the goal to optimize the workflow within our EHR, improve operative room metrics and user …

The enormous diversity of physician practices, including specialists, and patient
requirements and comorbidities make integration of appropriate perioperative information …

Patient information management can involve paper and electronic documentation. Because
the patient's health care record (HCR) is a legal document, it must provide an accurate …

Objectives To evaluate the impact of the electronic decision support (eDS) tool
'PReOPerative evaluation'(PROP) on guideline adherence in preoperative assessment in …