Perioperative medicine & outcomes
The Anesthesia Preparedeness Clinic (APC) triage score tool: an integrated electronic health record tool for improving resource allocation for preoperative care clinics
Authors' conclusion
Our study demonstrated that implementation of the tool was associated with improved preoperative allocations.
Study context
- Population
- Surgical patients allocated to in-person, telehealth or nursing phone preoperative evaluations
- Participants
- 10,487 vs 9,986
- Exposure
- Post-APC vs Pre-APC
- Post-APCn = 10,487
- Pre-APCn = 9,986reference
- Outcome
- APC Triage Score by visit type
Methodological detailsbefore-after implementation
- Before-after implementation
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- In-person visit: median (quartiles) score Post-APC 17.0 (12.0, 25.5) vs Pre-APC 10.0 (6.0, 19.5), P < 0.001
- Telehealth visit: median (quartiles) score Post-APC 8.0 (5.0, 13.5) vs Pre-APC 7.0 (3.5, 13.0), P < 0.001
- Phone visit: median (quartiles) score Post-APC 3.0 (1.0, 7.0) vs Pre-APC 4.0 (1.0, 8.5), P < 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Correlation of APC Triage Score with ASA PS (Spearman)
- Correlation coefficient (P < 0.001)
- 0.59
- Median (quartiles) score, ASA PS 1
- 0 (0, 1.5)
- Median (quartiles) score, ASA PS 2
- 3.0 (1.0, 6.0)
- Median (quartiles) score, ASA PS 3
- 9.5 (4.5, 17.0)
- Median (quartiles) score, ASA PS 4
- 21.0 (11.5, 29.5)
Original publication
The Anesthesia Preparedeness Clinic (APC) triage score tool: an integrated electronic health record tool for improving resource allocation for preoperative care clinics. J Clin Monit Comput. Published 16 April 2026. doi:10.
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