title: An expert comments on the preop process.
authors.affiliation: Bayview Campus, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: L Reuven
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Pasternak
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000592:standards*; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D015142:Baltimore; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009870:Operating Room Information Systems; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*