This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Cedric SF Lorenzo during the Evidence Based Pathways in Bariatrics: Are You in Step with the Best on April 14 2018
Keyword(s): Anesthesia Preoperative Evaulation Center, APEC, bariatric program, bariatrics, benchmark, best practices, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, CAUTI, Center for Medicaid & Medicare, clip applier, CMS, communication, comorbidity, comprehensive weight management program, contracts, cost efficiency, cost-efficiency, CWMP, diabetes, diagnosis-related group, discharge, DRG, E.R., education, electronic medical record, emergency room visits, EMR, equipment, ERAS protocol, evidence based medicine, evidence based pathways, extended recovery, follow-up, H&H, Hawaii, Hawaii Health Information Corporation, Hawaiians, hematocrit, hemoglin, heparin, HHIC, hospital administrators, ICU, insurance plans, insurance programs, intensive care unit, jejunojejunostomy, JJ, length of stay, LOS, M&M conference, MBSQIP, mental health, morbidity, morbidity & mortality conference, mortality, multidisciplinary, narcotics, no shows, nutrition, obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, OSA, outcomes, Pacific islanders, patient selection, physical health, postoperative, postoperative nurses, primary bariatric surgery, private hospital, proficiency, protocol, protocols, psychological, QI, quality, quality improvement, recovery room, residents, retrospective, revisional surgery, safety, skills lab, SQ, SSI, standardization, standardized, staple line reinforcement, sterilization, steristrips, subcutaneous, supply waste, surgical site infection, suture, teach, team, tertiary, training, trauma center, turnover time
Safety–3:31
Quality–10:31
Cost-efficiency–11:38
Summary–17:58