BACKGROUND The cancellation of planned surgeries causes prolonged wait times, harm to patients, and is a waste of scarce resources. To reduce high cancellation rates in a Norwegian general hospital, the pathway for elective surgery was redesigned. The changes included earlier clinical assessment of patients, better planning and documentation systems, and increased involvement of patients in the...

Introduction: In excess of two million operations are performed in a day-case/ambulatory setting in the United Kingdom each year. Cancellations in elective surgery cost the National Health Service (NHS) over £265 million per year. Methodology: This is a retrospective study in which the total number of elective ENT operations performed at The Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Trust in a 6-month period wer...

background: self-efficacy is one's belief in ability to succeed in specific situations and considerable factor to maintaining healthy behaviors. it has an important role in person-centred care and significantly improves after effects of heart attacks. this study aimed to investigate the effects of a peer based intervention on cardiac self-efficacy of the patients after bypass surgery. methods: ...