An Enhanced Ambulatory Surgery Experience for Patients with Cancer Through End-to-End Patient Engagement

Todd J Liu; Hanae K Tokita; Brett A Simon

doi:10.1016/j.aan.2022.07.001

An Enhanced Ambulatory Surgery Experience for Patients with Cancer Through End-to-End Patient Engagement

Adv Anesth. 2022 Dec;40(1):33-44. doi: 10.1016/j.aan.2022.07.001.

Authors

Todd J Liu¹, Hanae K Tokita², Brett A Simon²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, M-309, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: liut@mskcc.org.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1133 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.

PMID: 36333050
DOI: 10.1016/j.aan.2022.07.001

Abstract

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) serve an important role for hospital systems of increasing operating capacity and offloading patient volume. When seeking to perform more complex cancer surgeries at an ASC, a systematic approach with care pathways can yield success by facilitating quick recovery for patients and reducing complication rates. End-to-end patient engagement is a key component of patient-centered care at the Josie Robertson Surgery Center and begins the moment the decision to have surgery is made and extends to the postdischarge period to track recovery. Engagement includes comprehensive education, standardization of processes, and setting clear expectations for recovery and discharge.

Keywords: Ambulatory surgery center; Anesthesia; Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS); Patient engagement; Recovery tracker.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aftercare
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures*
Humans
Neoplasms* / etiology
Neoplasms* / surgery
Patient Discharge
Patient Participation