Clinical Trial 21353

Study Title

A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Pre-Anesthesia Evaluation Remotely via Telemedicine Versus in Person for Surgical Patients at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial of patients scheduled for hysterectomy or prostatectomy surgeries who undergo a pre-anesthesia evaluation at Moffitt Cancer Center PreAnesthesia Testing (PAT) clinic. Traditionally, patients who met certain criteria based on type of surgery or comorbidities would undergo an in-person evaluation in our clinic. In order to make our patient's care more convenient and accessible, investigators have introduced telemedicine evaluation for a certain subset of patients meeting specific criteria. Investigators aim with this randomized trial to investigate the hypothesis that telemedicine pre-anesthesia evaluation is non-inferior to in-person evaluation from the standpoint of day of surgery cancellation rate.

Objective

Demonstrate telemedicine evaluation in the PAT Clinic does not increase DOS cancellations due to incomplete assessment compared with in-person evaluation while being beneficial to patients. 2. Demonstrate that telemedicine premedicine evaluation offers some benefits over in-person evaluation.3. Conduct a pilot study using the Eko DUOTM digital stethoscope for telemedicine heart and lung examination and assess concordance with an in-person examination.