This customizable document, Preadmission, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Outpatient Surgery and Ambulatory Services Policy and Procedure Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

MCN provides more than 80 health care specific policy and procedure manuals for Acute Care Hospitals, Ambulatory Care, Behavioral Health, Home Health, Physician Practice, and Long Term Care. MCN’s policy and procedure manuals focus on the latest healthcare "hot topic" issues related to patient safety and prevention of medical healthcare errors.

Here is some sample content from Preadmission:

	POLICY: Patients arriving for elective outpatient surgery and who were preadmitted i.e., have completed history and physical, lab tests, EKG and chest x-ray performed prior to admission must arrive at the facility two 2 hours before their scheduled surgery by 6:00 AM for 7:30 AM cases. Patients who have NOT been preadmitted i.e., without completed H&P, lab, EKG and x-ray must arrive at the facility at least three 3 hours prior to their scheduled surgery in order to adequately complete all preoperative needs. An exception may be made for younger elective patients who do not need an EKG or...
Second excerpt:
	...case, the surgeon notified the Registration personnel that x-ray and EKG are not required, the patient may arrive two 2 hours prior to the scheduled surgery time. Most elective surgery outpatients shall be initially sent to the outpatient prep area. A portable x-ray, EKG and extra lab drawing apparatus are located there. Patient will not be released to the surgical holding area until their charts are entirely completed including history and physical, appropriate lab, EKG and x-ray. The...