Reducing or eliminating delays and cancellations is important for every medical facility.   Frequently, these delays or cancellations are caused by last minute “surprises” that happen when a patient arrives.  For example, the patient with a very high BMI, or severe sleep apnea or a family history of malignant hyperthermia.  Usually, with advance warning, these problems are easily managed.

One Medical Passport’s High Risk Patient Module automatically screens for patients that should be “red-flagged” well in advance of their procedure.  The type of conditions that should be “red-flagged” are fully customizable based on a facility’s own requirements.

As soon as a patient creates a Medical Passport, the patient’s information is automatically cross-checked against a facility’s High Risk Patient criteria.  If the cross-check identifies anything that the patient is “high risk”, that patient is automatically red-flagged for appropriate followup.

The Bottom Line?  Identifying a High Risk Patient far in advance of his or her procedure allows for appropriate preop planning to occur, so that the patient’s case isn’t delayed or cancelled.