ACS Clinic Referral Patterns

Monday PM

(CWIT)

Wednesday AM

(ENCOMPASS)

Wednesday PM

(Trauma)

Thursday AM

(EGS Elective)

Thursday AM

(APP Follow-up)

Thursday PM

(EGS Follow-Up)

Friday AM

(Complex Care)

•Discharged from hospital after rib plating

•Discharged from hospital with rib fractures requiring further evaluation

•Follow-up rib-related problems from CWITMonday PM (CWIT) clinic

•All patients enrolled in ENCOMPASS should be seen here;here patients

•Patients may require additional appointments in traumaWednesday PM (Trauma) clinic or complexFriday careAM (Complex Care) clinic depending on needs

•Discharged from ED or hospital after trauma evaluation requiring outpatient follow-up

•Follow-up trauma-related problems from CWITMonday PM (CWIT) clinic

•New elective general surgery consultations

•Post-op visits from patients scheduled through EGS Elective clinic

•Discharged from ED or hospital after EGS evaluation who still need an operation (e.g., reduciblenon-operative inguinal hernia that was observed) appendicitis)

•Percutaneous cholecystostomy tubes ok

•Patients previously discharged from EGSany clinicACS service who are returning for follow-up or a new problem (e.g., inguinal hernia recurrence one-year post-op)

•Discharged from the hospital after EGS operated on the patient (inpatient or elective)

•Patients overbooked for Wednesday PM (Trauma) clinic or Thursday PM (EGS Follow-Up) clinic

•Do NOT schedule percutaneous cholecystostomy tube patients in this clinic

•Do NOT schedule patients here who might need additional operations (e.g., non-operative appendicitis)

•Discharged from the hospital after EGS operated on the patient (inpatient or elective)

•Follow-up general surgery-related problems from Thursday (EGS Follow-UpUp) clinic

•Do NOT schedule percutaneous cholecystostomy tube patients here

•Do NOT schedule patients here who might need additional operations (e.g., non-operative appendicitis)

•Patients requiring long-term or multi-disciplinary care such as ventral hernias with EC fistulas or complex wounds

•Percutaneous cholecystostomy tubes ok

•Admission to this clinic requires approval from Berning, Terzian, Tierney, or Veatch

•Jenn Dickey will identify patients in TraumaWednesday PM (Trauma) clinic or EGS PM (Follow-UpUp) clinic who should be transitioned to this clinic

•ShouldMost patients should not directlytypically schedule here from ED or hospital at discharge