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Hospital Medicine and Perioperative Care: A Framework for High-Quality, High-Value Collaborative Care. J Hosp Med 2017 Apr;12(4):277-282

Date

04/16/2017

Pubmed ID

28411294

DOI

10.12788/jhm.2717

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85037340167 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   13 Citations

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hospitalists have long been involved in optimizing perioperative care for medically complex patients. In 2015, the Society of Hospital Medicine organized the Perioperative Care Work Group to summarize this experience and to develop a framework for providing optimal perioperative care.

METHODS: The work group, which consisted of perioperative care experts from institutions throughout the United States, reviewed current hospitalist-based perioperative care programs, compiled key issues in each perioperative phase, and developed a framework to highlight essential elements to be considered. The framework was reviewed and approved by the board of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

RESULTS: The Perioperative Care Matrix for Inpatient Surgeries was developed. This matrix characterizes perioperative phases, coordination, and metrics of success. Additionally, concerns and potential risks were tabulated. Key questions regarding program effectiveness were drafted, and examples of models of care were provided.

CONCLUSIONS: The Perioperative Care Matrix for Inpatient Surgeries provides an essential collaborative framework hospitalists can use to develop and continually improve perioperative care programs. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2017;12:277-282.

Author List

Thompson RE, Pfeifer K, Grant PJ, Taylor C, Slawski B, Whinney C, Wellikson L, Jaffer AK

Authors

Kurt J. Pfeifer MD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Barbara A. Slawski MD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Cooperative Behavior
Hospital Medicine
Hospitalists
Humans
Perioperative Care
Quality of Health Care
Risk Factors
Surgical Procedures, Operative
United States