Three takeaways from presenters:
1. Room flipping, or the practice of simultaneously scheduling two cases, can cause staffing costs to spike if the strategy is poorly executed, according to a study conducted by UPMC researchers.
2. Preoperative care clinics can help reduce same-day surgery cancellations, according to UC San Diego researchers. The presence of an attending is associated with higher preoperative evaluation quality and patient optimization improvements.
3. Atlanta-based Emory University researchers found providers should focus on appropriately using prophylaxis and standardizing preoperative assessments of venous thromboembolism event risk.
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