Case studies
Hospitals removing the dental-clearance bottleneck
Dental clearance sits on the critical path for transplant, cardiac, and oncology care — and it's often the step nobody owns. Here's how care teams use VitalPass to make it fast, verifiable, and predictable, so procedures start on time.
Transplant
A regional transplant center clears kidney candidates before they stall
Pre-transplant dental clearance was the quietest reason candidates slipped their surgical window — coordinators chased outside dentists by phone and waited days for a note that rarely arrived in a usable format. With VitalPass dispatching verified providers to the bedside, clearance moved onto a predictable timeline and results returned as structured documentation the committee could act on the same day.
Time-to-dentist
32% faster
vs. their prior outside-referral process
Cardiac / TAVR
A cardiac program takes dental clearance off the pre-op critical path
For TAVR and valve patients, an unresolved dental focus can push a case or send a patient home. The team used VitalPass to trigger clearance the moment a patient was scheduled, track provider ETA in real time, and attach the signed result directly to the pre-op record — turning a recurring bottleneck into a routine step.
Pre-op clearance time
5.1 days cut
median across scheduled TAVR cases
Oncology
An oncology service protects chemo and radiation start dates
Head-and-neck and pre-chemo patients need a dental evaluation before treatment can safely begin, and every delay pushes the start date. VitalPass gave the service a single workflow to request, dispatch, and document clearance — keeping treatment on schedule and giving the tumor board a clear, auditable record for each patient.
Clearances documented same week
94%
of requests over a full quarter