Dr. Karen Sedivy & the team at Allina Health took streamlined pre-op screening, giving them face-to-face time back with each patient.
The Challenge of Fragmented Patient Data
Primary care physicians are at the heart of patient care, offering insights unmatched by any other healthcare provider. Their pivotal role in conducting critical risk assessments, such as preoperative screenings, is based on a thorough understanding of the patient's medical history. However, the challenge often lies in the fragmented nature of patient data—scattered across various healthcare systems and providers–making it a time-consuming task for clinicians to compile a comprehensive pre-op assessment. For a system seeing over 50,000 pre-op risk assessments annually, ensuring efficient and comprehensive screenings is crucial.
The stakes of a pre-op assessment are high. A missed detail, such as a medication affecting anesthesia, can lead to significant complications. Incomplete screenings can cause delays or cancellations on the day of surgery, inconveniencing patients who have made necessary arrangements and resulting in financial and operational setbacks for hospitals.
Transformative Solutions Through Collaboration
In response to these challenges, Allina Health collaborated with Evidently to revolutionize the way patient data is aggregated and reviewed. The introduction of the Evidently PreOp SmartReport has transformed the pre-op process. By automating the collection and presentation of relevant patient information, the SmartReport enables clinicians to conduct more thorough screenings.
These customized SmartReports extract and organize key patient chart data, including notes that are scanned from other healthcare facilities. Presented in an easily digestible format, clinicians can now focus more on patient care rather than data retrieval.
Enhanced Care and Operational Efficiency
Dr. Karen Sedivy, a primary care physician at Allina Health, highlights the impact of Evidently: “Before Evidently, pre-op screening was so manual and time-intensive that it was nearly impossible to review all the important data in the time allocated to the visit. After Evidently, this process takes less than five minutes and patients are getting much more face-to-face time to discuss the procedure with their providers. Providers are happier because they can concentrate on their patient, not the computer.”
Evidently's solution aims to alleviate the cognitive burden on healthcare providers by automating routine administrative tasks. This innovation not only streamlines access to essential information but also facilitates better patient care. As a result, patients benefit from increased direct engagement with their providers, and Allina Health sees a boost in operational efficiency. Evidently empowers Allina Health to extend its high-quality care to more patients, embodying Evidenty’s mission that the best care should be the easiest to deliver.