Approaching the surgical patient. Role of the medical consultant.
Medical consultants will no longer "clear patients" but will "prepare them" for surgery instead. They will be required to possess the expertise in assessing a patient's risk for surgery, managing perioperative medications, caring for postoperative complications, maintaining appropriate conduct in the role as consultant, and recording accurate documentation of level of service for third party reimbursement.
Merli
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Divisions of Internal Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Weitz
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D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D006278:Medicare; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012307:Risk Factors; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014481:United States