Consultants' perceptions of quality of referrals.
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N Panush
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Utilization of an automated multiphasic health testing system for performing prehospitalization examinations.
Various impacts of performing prehospitalization examinations (of elective surgical patients) by utilizing automated multiphasic screening technology were evaluated. Compared to the conventional way of conducting such examinations (in the concerned health care organization) the automated system was found to be more efficient (results were available earlier, in a more complete and convenient format), saved considerable time to patients and resulted in a shorter average hospital (postoperative) stay, suggesting that the automated technology is also cost effective. Postoperative stay was reduced by 20 per cent (1.8 days) in the group of patients who undertook the automated multiphasic testing, as compared to a similar group of patients who performed the required tests in the conventional way. Possible explanations for this finding are discussed.
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Preadmission testing in elective surgery--improving the process.
Patients admitted for elective surgery (inguinal hernia, varicose veins and hemorrhoids) were evaluated in order to determine the differential impact between two methods of performing preadmission testing (PAT) on the length of stay and on the completeness of the requested data. The two methods compared were: conventional, whereby patients performed the PAT in the regular clinics and laboratories of a health care organization (health maintenance organization-like) and an automated multiphasic health testing system (AMHTS). For these particular operations no significant difference in length of stay between the two methods was found. Based on the accumulated experience with these modalities, a model for performing preadmission procedures (in a preanesthetic clinic for elective surgery) was designed in order to identify high-risk patients. Use of this model can reduce cost, increase patient satisfaction and prevent hospitalization when immediate surgery is contra-indicated.
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