title: Coordinating preoperative outpatient testing.
abstract: A lack of a centralized system was causing high outpatient cancellation rates and significant delays. As a result, an Operating Room Tracking Committee created scheduling and outpatient coordinator positions to provide a centralized, coordinated approach to preoperative outpatient processing.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zarlenga
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003625:Data Collection; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*