With the increasing pace of modern life, people are facing the double pressure of family and work, and many patients say they have no time to see a doctor, especially no time for hospital treatment.
Day surgery refers to a mode of surgery (excluding outpatient surgery) in which patients with a clear clinical diagnosis can be discharged from the hospital within one day (24 hours) according to the diagnosis and treatment plan for planned hospitalisation, surgery, and brief post-operative observation, and up to 48 hours for special cases that need to be postponed due to the condition of the patient. Day surgery costs include all medical costs incurred by patients discharged within 24 hours of admission to the hospital in accordance with standardised diagnosis and treatment to achieve clinical efficacy, and are settled in accordance with inpatient treatment.
Patient's point of view: Day surgery is an effective way to solve the problem of "difficult to see the doctor, expensive to see the doctor, surgery is late", and the efficient surgical mode not only reduces the burden of family accompaniment, but also reduces the risk of in-hospital infections of the patient and accelerates the patient's recovery.
Hospital perspective: Day surgery adapts to the modern medical model and the reform of the payment method, shortens the average length of stay of patients, reduces the proportion of drugs, and to a certain extent improves the level of fine management of hospitals.    
National perspective: Day surgery is in line with the direction of China's healthcare reform, and can play a role in reducing the payment of medical insurance, saving medical resources and reducing the burden on society.
By optimising the management process of day surgery, from patient admission to preoperative education to discharge guidance, we continue to improve the day surgery process and system to perfect the management of day surgery. The outpatient physician determines that the patient can enter the clinical pathway of day surgery by assessing the patient and explaining the relevant precautions to him/her.
When patients are admitted to the hospital, ward nurses accompany patients to go through the admission procedures, informing them of the time and precautions for various examinations, treatments or operations in a timely manner, so that they can fully understand their own conditions and treatments, and relax physically and mentally to give their co-operation.
Strengthening the "identification" of day surgery patients by marking "RJ" (the first capital letter of daytime pinyin) on their wristbands, admission whiteboards and medical record folders with a red pen, so as to identify day surgery patients more clearly and quickly and give them priority in arranging surgeries, which not only saves time but also saves patients' anxiety. This saves both time and effort and improves efficiency while ensuring medical safety.