Abstract Submission Deadline  December 15, 2009

Preparation of Abstract:  We recommend that you use Microsoft Word to prepare your final abstract.  You may then cut and paste it into the main body of the abstract box.

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Innovations in Perioperative Medicine

Authors who wish to describe an innovative program in perioperative medicine are encouraged to submit to this category. Innovations will primarily be descriptive, but they may also include preliminary data. A more rigorous evaluation of an innovative program should be submitted as a research abstract, rather than an innovation. For example, an innovation may describe a novel strategy for disseminating practice guidelines, whereas a research abstract may analyze its impact on length of stay or postoperative morbidity and mortality.

Any type of innovation may be submitted, including (but not limited to) critical pathway development and dissemination, medical education, faculty development, handheld computers, computerized medical records, billing and collections, patient safety interventions, communications and teamwork with other care team members. For example, a description of a unique patient safety issue, the associated interventions, and root cause analysis resulting in systems-based modifications would be an innovation of interest to others in the field of perioperative medicine.  Abstracts submitted for the innovations category should adhere to these headings:

• Background 
• Purpose
• Description
• Results
• Conclusions