We examined providers' perceptions of the Decision Support for Safer Surgery (DS3) tool, which provided preoperative patient-level risk estimates of postoperative adverse events.


 The DS3 tool was evaluated at 2 academic medical centers.  During the validation study, surgeons provided usefulness ratings of the DS3 tool for each patient before surgery.  At the end of the study, providers' perceptions of the DS3 tool were assessed via questionnaire.  During the trial, 23 surgeons completed usefulness ratings of the DS3 tool for 1,006 patients.  The DS3 tool may be most useful for achieving particular tasks (eg, training novice surgeons, increasing patient engagement) or encouraging specific processes (eg, team-based care) in surgical care settings.
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Acceptability of the decision support for safer surgery tool.BACKGROUND
 We examined providers' perceptions of the Decision Support for Safer Surgery (DS3) tool, which provided preoperative patient-level risk estimates of postoperative adverse events.



Decision Support for Safer Surgery