Socio determinants of health and their effect on patients surgical readiness and post surgical readmission rates

The presentation will discuss preliminary findings of an on-going Quality Improvement project that involves 13 leading children’s hospitals looking at social and demographic determinants of health and their effect in pre-operative fasting readiness. Also, will discuss the finding of a Quality Improvement project between 2017 and 2019 period and their effect in post-surgical readmission rate.

Audience Take Away:
Relationship between social and demographic determinants in adherence to pre-operative fasting guidelines.

• Relationship between these determinants as the rate of readmission after surgery.
• Examining the effects of the combination of these factots in the readmission rate.
• Explore preventive measures and identifications of underrepresented groups who are more at risk.