Improving patient care and enhancing surgical efficiency: strategies to reduce same‐day surgical cancellations

AnaesthesiaEarly View Editorial Improving patient care and enhancing surgical efficiency: strategies to reduce same-day surgical cancellations A. A. Dixit, Corresponding Author A. A. Dixit Postdoctoral Scholar [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-4327-4832 aadixit Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA Correspondence to: A. A. Dixit Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorE. C. Sun, E. C. Sun Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USASearch for more papers by this author A. A. Dixit, Corresponding Author A. A. Dixit Postdoctoral Scholar [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-4327-4832 aadixit Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA Correspondence to: A. A. Dixit Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorE. C. Sun, E. C. Sun Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 15 March 2024 https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16282 1 Postdoctoral Scholar, 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA This editorial accompanies an article by Wongtangman et al., Anaesthesia 2024; https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16247. 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