Making Comprehensive Pre-Op Screening Routine

HIGH STAKES & FRAGMENTED PATIENT DATA

Primary Care Physicians are at the heart of patient care. They’re a pivotal part of conducting critical risk assessments like pre-operative screenings based on a thorough understanding of the patient's medical history. However, the challenge in pre-operative screening 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.And the stakes of pre-op assessment are high. A missed detail like a medication affecting anesthesia can lead to significant complications, or worse, patient harm. Incomplete screenings can cause delays or cancellations on the day of surgery, inconveniencing patients who have made arrangements and creating financial & operational setbacks for the hospital.For the perioperative team at this major regional health system seeing over 50,000 pre-op risk assessments annually, ensuring efficient and comprehensive screenings at scale is crucial.

HARNESSING AN OCEAN OF PATIENT DATA WITH AI

This major regional health system integrated Clinical Data Intelligence to surface insight where their clinicians needed it most. The team leveraged Evidently AI Summaries to automate the collection and presentation of relevant patient information, enabling clinicians to conduct more thorough screenings and investigate parts of the patient chart that need a deeper dive.AI Summaries extract and organize data from across the patient chart. This includes data in the EHR, as well as from third party HIEs like Care Everywhere. And this includes structured data like vitals & medications, as well as unstructured data like imaging & insight trapped in provider notes, scanned documents, imaging, and even faxes. For the team at this regional health system, this was the key that unlocked taking pre-operative screening from a monumental task to a routine part of the team’s workflow, letting them put that reclaimed time & energy back into patient care rather than exhausting chart biopsy.“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.