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Why Medical Clearance Is Really a Preoperative Evaluation

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Join the nation’s largest and most trusted provider of insurance and risk management solutions, owned by healthcare professionals for over 45 years. Start your personalized quote by telling us a bit about yourself. Are you a: Please enter a five-digit ZIP code. or find an agent. Debra Davidson, MJ, CPHRM, Senior Patient Safety Risk Manager, The Doctors Company, and David L. Feldman, MD, MBA, FACS, Chief Medical Officer, The Doctors Company and TDC Group; Senior Vice President, Healthcare Risk Advisors The term medical clearance is subject to debate in the healthcare community. Depending on how the term is used, it can have different meanings in different situations. For example, a fitness trainer might require a client to have medical clearance before beginning an exercise program, or a student athlete might need clearance before participating in sports. (For more information on this topic, see our article “Medical Malpractice and Preparticipation Sports Physicals.”) The term is often

Third Quarter 2025 | Archives Share Share Share An Ounce of Prevention An Updated Approach to Perioperative Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: Cleared for Take-Off? Jeffrey T. Kuvin, MD, Chair, Department of Cardiology, Northwell Health Summary The new guideline for evaluating surgical patients for cardiovascular risk promotes a multidisciplinary approach that can help improve patient outcomes. The perioperative period has long been recognized as a vulnerable time for enhanced cardiovascular risk, likely due to physical and emotional stress, increased inflammation and thromb

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