title: [Central patient management in surgery].
abstract: Up to now, in most surgical departments there has been no central patient management coordinating the admission, the diagnostic work-up, and the surgical procedures of patients with the resources available in the hospital. In future, however, it will be essential for surgical departments to establish such a central patient management, not only in view of the importance of patient-oriented medicine but also considering the planned introduction of diagnosis related groups. A central patient management will reduce preoperative and overall length of stay through adequate organisation and communication structures. In addition, a central patient management will make optimal use of the available resources in terms of operation rooms and hospital beds. In this article, we will present our basic concept of a central patient management in a surgical university department.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Allgemeine, Viszerale, Unfallchirurgie und Poliklinik, Chirurgische Klinik, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120 Heidelberg. helmut_friess@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Friess
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kleeff
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Büchler
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hartwig
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radnic
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Auer
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Büchler
mesh_terms: D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000639:trends*; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000639:trends*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*