Background: Internal Medicine physicians are increasingly involved in Perioperative care. Medicare claims data in colectomy & total hip arthroplasty patients shows >50% had a medicine consult (1) Surgeons, when surveyed, felt Internist’s role in preoperative risk stratification and medication management were vital (2).In one study, 82.2% of medical consultations came from surgical services commonly from [...]

Background: As surgical and anesthetic practices have advanced, an increasing population of older adults with increased medical complexity are undergoing surgery. A significant portion of these patients may present to the hospital requiring urgent surgical intervention and there is an evolving and expanding role for hospitalists in preoperative risk assessment. However, there remains variable exposure [...]