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11 th February 2014. North Western Deanery Junior Doctors. Mr Geoff Chiu StR : Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. SurgiNote. Issues. Unable to read notes or post op instructions. Hand over to post op team. In-efficiency of Clinicians’ time. Discharge summary. Duplication of information.
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11th February 2014 North Western DeaneryJunior Doctors Mr Geoff Chiu StR: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Issues Unable to read notes or post op instructions Hand over to post op team In-efficiency of Clinicians’ time Discharge summary Duplication of information Discharge Summary to GP < 24 hrs Operation Note Follow up in Spoke Hospital Are notes available? Clinical Governance Finding accurate records Time consuming Clinical Coding Accurate Coding? Code within target?
Comments • “Much easier to read and locate” • “Can understand post operative instructions” • “Would be great if all specialties did the same” • “Much better easier to read and well set out” • “Find it very helpful to have op note typed, always concise and there are no problems like trying to read handwriting” • “Improves patient care as you can read all the info“ • “Excellent clear and concise” • “Typed notes are much easier to identify in the medical notes”
Improved communication Patient Care Clinical Coding Payment by results Hospital Episode Statistics Surgeon Patient Related Outcome Measures SurgiNote: Audit and Research Quality Assurance Clinical Governance Commissioning Service Provision and planning Departmental Current level of activity Education Training Activity Logbook
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Summary • The operation note is one of the most important pieces of information that informs us about patient’s surgical care. • SurgiNote has been developed and introduced to provide accurate high quality operation notes that can be used by all stakeholders. • SurgiNote is innovative and creative. • SurgiNote has been quantitatively and qualitatively assessed. • SurgiNote has been proven to assist in improving high quality care for patients having surgery.