Orlando, Fla.—As the number of ambulatory surgical centers expands and the number of outpatient surgical procedures increases, anesthesiologists and surgeons need a way to improve surgical quality, outcomes and patient satisfaction. A patient-centered perioperative checklist could be an important step, according to a team of researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, both in Boston.
The team is developing a checklist that highlights questions that