A successful combination: preadmission testing and preoperative education.
With the advent of prospective pricing, hospitals now have a powerful incentive to improve efficiency and reduce expenses. Prospective pricing incentives are encouraging movement of preoperative teaching out of the inpatient setting. At The Center for Hip and Knee Surgery, a 24-bed research-oriented midwestern orthopaedic hospital, we have developed and implemented an alternative approach to preadmission testing and preoperative patient education.
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D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D009737:Nursing Records; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care