Background and Objective

Improve the efficiency of health processes is one of the fundamental pillars of public health systems. In this regard, one-stop clinic represents a trend within the organizational framework of many hospitals.

A model of see and treat program in Plastic Surgery is proposed in this paper.

Methods

During a 1 year period we included 1247 patients with skin lesions suggestive of malignancy treatable by minor surgical procedures. Of these, 642 were referred to a see and treat surgical program.

Results

Only 522 of 642 selected patients were involved in the program of one-stop clinic, presenting an index of successive queries of 0.27 against 1.97 in patients who entered the normal bypass circuit of minor surgery.

Conclusions

The program design of one stop clinic was shown to reduce the burden of care in Plastic Surgery consultations, providing an early treatment.

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