The outpatient ambulatory clinic is an important component of most general thoracic surgery practices. This session will illustrate new technologies, methodologies and practice changes that can be leveraged to improve the surgical results of our general thoracic surgery patients and their self-reported outcomes and satisfaction. This includes adapting to digital technologies and virtual care.

Learning Objectives

• Understand how informed consent can be modernized to improve outcomes.
• Understand uses of telehealth to optimize practice efficiencies.
• Understand the best practices to improve pain and opioid use outcomes in thoracic surgery.
• Understand the current role of prehabilitation to improve postoperative outcomes.

*Unless otherwise noted, speakers have nothing to disclose.

Presentations

1. Modern Informed Consent
   Presenter: Robert Meguid, MD, MPH, FACS
   Disclosure: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Research Grant or Support; Medtronic Inc: Advisory Board
2. Prehabilitaiton
   Presenter: Thomas K. Varghese, Jr., MD, MS, FACS
3. Smoking Cessation
   Presenter: Matthew A. Steliga, MD
4. Virtual Visits
   Presenter: David Tom Cooke, MD