Comparing Pre-Anesthesia Evaluation Via Telemedicine Versus in Person for Surgical Patients at Moffitt Cancer Center

Launched by H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE · Sep 23, 2021

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Able to speak and read English
• • Able to provide signed and dated informed consent form
• • Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study
• • Presurgical patients at Moffitt Cancer Center scheduled to undergo any type of hysterectomy/salpingo-oophorectomy or prostatectomy surgeries.
• • Possesses appropriate equipment (i.e., computer, tablet, smartphone) to undergo telemedicine evaluation.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients with documented or observable significant cognitive barriers, hearing, or speech impairment. Examples include a patient who is not alert or oriented, who is unable to sign his or her own surgical consent due to cognitive issues or who cannot understand and repeat back to study coordinator reason for study. If these barriers will not be an issue for a video phone call and can be reasonably accommodated, we will do so. However, our telemedicine technology is still very basic, and these patients may be more comfortable communicating with providers and expressing their needs during an in-person visit
• • Surgery 3 days or less away from clinic visit. As in-person assessment is the gold standard, we need to allow some time in case a patient cannot work the technology for a telemedicine visit or an issue comes up where visit needs to be converted to in-person.
• • Out of state patients as there are currently medical licensing concerns with conducting telemedicine on patients physically located out of state during the visit.
• • Determined to be ineligible for surgery during evaluation