Solutions
OP REQUESTS
scOPe starts with Op Requests to support surgical request processes for Acute and Elective patients. Surgeon and patient requirements are electronically communicated to Theatre Coordinators and/or Elective Bookers, replacing handwritten forms, phone calls and faxes.
Our workflow approach means structured surgical information is captured directly from surgeons assuring data accuracy.
Surgeons use Op Notes to capture audit data and produce operative notes and ward instructions. Op Note integrates with the hospital’s main clinical documents systems to be consistent with existing policies and procedures. Theatre staff can add to the records for a full operation register which feeds the hospital's statutory reporting systems.
We specialise in Structured or 'synoptic' operating notes, used to record detailed surgical procedure in a data format suitable for advanced analytics. Click on the following link to view a paper published by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons on our success in this area:
OP NOTE
OP VISUALISATION
Op Visualisation comes next and includes support for list planning meetings on the day of surgery. In-theatre handwritten whiteboards can be replaced with large screen TV ‘Theatre Panels’. Updated in real-time, these show progress through surgical lists for each OR. A patient progress view, including PACU is also available to wards so they know what’s coming up.
OP AUDIT
Complications reporting and support for ‘M&M’ or Team meetings is included in Op Audit. Research and Study Forms can also be set up for specific consultants or surgical procedures. This includes scored assessment forms with a timeline view so you can track progress over time and against your other patients.
Throughout scOPe, surgeon’s common terms are used as the basis for reporting to many different audiences, putting you back in the driver’s seat when it comes to management and clinical analysis. scOPe terms are tailored the preferences of surgical specailties and mapped to other coding systems. This ensures surgeons get what they want while allowing reporting for other purposes using alternative coding systems.
Getting Started
In the complex peri-operative eco-system, introducing positive change presents a tremendous challenge. We work with you to identify areas of low impact with high benefit. Our most common start points are theatre booking forms, acute whiteboards and operation notes.
“… the accuracy of the information entered by a consultant onto the [booking form] is fundamental to ensuring the management…of the patient prior to, during and post surgery”
- Health Improvement & Innovation Resource Centre (MoH, NZ) Building Teams for Safer Care Final Evaluation Report, July 2012