High-Value Care for Cataract Surgery: Questioning the Utility of Routine Preoperative Medical Evaluation

Qual Manag Health Care. 2018 Jul/Sep;27(3):178-179. doi: 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000171.

Authors

Farhan I Merali¹, Oliver D Schein, Sean M Berenholtz

Affiliation

¹ Ophthalmology (Drs Merali and Schein) and Quality and Safety (Dr Schein), Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Berenholtz); and Anesthesiology/CCM, Surgery, and Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Berenholtz).

PMID: 29944631
DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000171

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Cataract Extraction / methods*
Cataract Extraction / standards
Humans
Pilot Projects
Preoperative Care / methods*
Preoperative Care / standards
Quality of Health Care*
Surveys and Questionnaires