Abstract
Day Surgery Center (DS) in Furukawa City Hospital was opened for public on July 9, 2001. For the purpose of alleviating patients' fears towards surgeries and offering the high quality and equally treated patient care, the hospital has introduced critical path (CP), and also care coordinators have been placed in DS.
Two major features of DS are:
1. Using CP sheets for all diseases
2. Care coordinators are involved in patient care from the time of application for admission to the time of discharging from a hospital.
All the staff as one body had prepared for the establishment of DS such as making CP sheets. We have been supporting patients and their families mentally with our smile and gentle attitudes. It has been one year since its establishment, and we have realized again the importance of the role of CP and the care coordinators in DS from the voice of our patients and other staff of our hospital. We would give every consideration for making better facility and would make effort to appeal the public the advantages of same day surgery.
