title: Evidence-Based Workflows for Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery.
abstract: A need exists to reduce care variations by standardizing the practice of thyroid and parathyroid surgery. During the course of a year, a task force developed algorithms representing decision points and workflows based on American Thyroid Association guidelines and three internal studies of surgical practices in the Northern and Southern California Regions of Kaiser Permanente conducted in collaboration with Health Information Technology Transformation & Analytics (HITTA).
authors.affiliation: Regional Chair of Chiefs of Head and Neck Surgery for The Permanente Medical Group in Oakland, CA. charles.meltzer@kp.org.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meltzer
authors.affiliation: Endocrinologist at the Oakland Medical Center in CA. amer.budayr@kp.org.
authors.forename: Amer
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Budayr
authors.affiliation: General Surgeon at the Santa Clara Medical Center in CA. annette.chavez@kp.org.
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chavez
authors.affiliation: Endocrinologist at the Walnut Creek Medical Center in CA. rick.dlott@kp.org.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dlott
authors.affiliation: General Surgeon at the Walnut Creek Medical Center in CA. william.greif@kp.org.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Greif
authors.affiliation: Otolaryngologist at the Oakland Medical Center in CA. d.gurushanthaiah@kp.org.
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gurushanthaiah
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Specialist at the Sacramento Medical Center in CA. andrew.klonecke@kp.org.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klonecke
authors.affiliation: Otolaryngologist at the Union City Medical Center in CA. matt.lando@kp.org.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lando
authors.affiliation: Endocrinologist at the Sacramento Medical Center in CA. joyce.c.leary@kp.org.
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leary
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Radiologist and Nuclear Medicine Physician at the San Leandro Medical Center in CA. sundeep.m.nayak@kp.org.
authors.forename: Sundeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.affiliation: Chief of Nuclear Medicine at the Santa Clara Medical Center in CA. ryan.d.niederkohr@kp.org.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Niederkohr
authors.affiliation: General Surgeon at the Richmond Medical Center in CA. judith.j.park@kp.org.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: General Surgeon at the Walnut Creek Medical Center in CA. alison.c.savitz@kp.org.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Savitz
authors.affiliation: Endocrinologist at the Santa Rosa Medical Center in CA. hank.schwartz@kp.org.
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000601:surgery*; D057188:Workflow