Update on Evidence-based Clinical Care: Anesthesia Guidelines Presurgery/Procedure Evaluation Tool Care Pathways

This evidence-based clinical care course provides practitioners with step-by-step training on the use of a documentation tool within the Baptist Health electronic medical record for presurgical evaluation.

Note to Physicians: Be sure to bookmark this course to access all protocols, pathways, policies and procedures at your convenience via your CME Portal account. All power plans are available in Cerner. All EBCC deliverables will be available on the EBCC website.

Original Date:  November 1, 2021

Review Date: March 10, 2025

Target Audience

Anesthesiologists, Surgeons, Hospitalists, Physician Assistants/Physician Associates and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

Learning Objectives

  • Implement the electronic medical record presurgery tool to identify a patient’s modifying risk factors, metabolic equivalents (METs) and risk for the procedure to ensure that the patient has the appropriate preprocedural/presurgical testing completed.
Additional information
Bibliography: 

Weinstein AS, Sigurdsson MI, Bader AM. Comparison of Preoperative Assessment of Patient's Metabolic Equivalents (METs) Estimated from History versus Measured by Exercise Cardiac Stress Testing. Anesthesiol Res Pract. 2018 Sep 3;2018:5912726. doi: 10.1155/2018/5912726. PMID: 30250484; PMCID: PMC6140009.

Matulis, J., Liu, S., Mecchella, J., North, F., & Holmes, A. (2017). Choosing Wisely: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Decrease Unnecessary Preoperative Testing. BMJ quality improvement reports, 6(1), bmjqir.u216281.w6691. 
 

Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
Course opens: 
03/14/2025
Course expires: 
03/13/2028

Faculty

Bianca M. Capella, APRN-BC, R.N.-BSN
Clinical Manager, Evidence-based Clinical Care Department 
Baptist Health South Florida 

David Villalobos, MBA
EBCC Project Manager
Baptist Health South Florida 
 
Jorge Coronel, M.D.

Senior Medical Director, Medical Informatics
Baptist Health South Florida 

Bianca M. Capella, APRN and David Villalobos, MBA, faculty, and Jorge Coronel, M.D., moderator, of this educational activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and have indicated that the presentation(s) or discussion(s) will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose. 

*Ineligible companies - Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
              
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
Please login or register for a Baptist Health CME account to take this course.

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