Telemedical Risk Assessment and Preoperative Evaluation prior to anaesthesia via personal computer

We focus on the feasibility of a telemedical risk assessment and preoperative evaluation in anesthesiology. We defined feasibility in our scenario as:

• establishment of a video-audio-connection possible
• complete assessment of the patients medical records possible
• assessment of the individual perioperative risk possible
• physician is put into the position to explain planned procedures and related risks
• digital documentation possible
• physician is put into the position to answer patient questions
• physician can acquire all necessary information
• digital signature on both sides possible

Those criteria will be assessed by our questionnaires. After preanesthesia evaluation the patient as well as the physician are asked to answer our online questionnaire (two different ones).

After preanesthesia evaluation the patient is asked to answer our online questionnaire. The questionnaire is partly based on a previously published study (Follmann et al., Technical Support by Smart Glasses During a Mass Casualty Incident: A Randomized Controlled Simulation Trial on Technically Assisted Triage and Telemedical App Use in Disaster Medicine, J Med Internet Res 2019;21(1):e11939).

We aim to investigate patient satisfaction of a telemedical risk assessment and preoperative evaluation in anesthesiology prior to elective surgery. After preanesthesia evaluation the patient is asked to answer our online questionnaire. The questionnaire is partly based on a previously published study (Follmann et al., Technical Support by Smart Glasses During a Mass Casualty Incident: A Randomized Controlled Simulation Trial on Technically Assisted Triage and Telemedical App Use in Disaster Medicine, J Med Internet Res 2019;21(1):e11939).