This is a randomized controlled trial of patients scheduled for hysterectomy or prostatectomy surgeries who undergo a pre-anesthesia evaluation at Moffitt Cancer Center PreAnesthesia Testing (PAT) clinic. Traditionally, patients who met certain criteria based on type of surgery or comorbidities would undergo an in-person evaluation in our clinic. In order to make our patient's care more convenient and accessible, investigators have introduced telemedicine evaluation for a certain subset of patients meeting specific criteria. Investigators aim with this randomized trial to investigate the hypothesis that telemedicine pre-anesthesia evaluation is non-inferior to in-person evaluation from the standpoint of day of surgery cancellation rate.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
106
Pre-anesthesia assessment (history and physical examination) via telemedicine. Intervention is a one-time telemedicine clinic visit for approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour. Individual patients will be randomized to telemedicine and that visit will be scheduled via the Zoom video conferencing platform.
Pre-anesthesia assessment (history and physical examination) in person at Moffitt Cancer Center (usual care)
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, United States
Number of eligible patients that elect to participate
Acceptability of pre-anesthesia telemedicine evaluation will be measured as ≥ 50% of eligible patients consent to participate and ≥ 70% submit exit survey.
Time frame: Up to day 26
Percentage of participants satisfied with telemedicine visit
Acceptability will be measured as ≥ 70% strongly agreeing or agreeing with the statement that they were satisfied with their telemedicine visit on an exit survey.
Time frame: Up to day 26
Evaluation of pre-anesthesia evaluation via telemedicine vs in-person
Efficacy of pre-anesthesia evaluation via telemedicine will be determined by day of surgery and 48 hours before surgery cancellation rate (number of cancelled appointments divided by number of scheduled appointments).
Time frame: Up to day 30
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