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Recordation’s software is also interoperable with other health IT infrastructure tools.
“It's very difficult for a private practice anesthesia group to survive these days,” Tri-community Anesthesia Associates Medical Director Dr. James Faust said in a statement. “There are a lot of large companies that provide anesthesia services at a very high cost. Because of Recordation’s software, we're able to provide what the hospital needs, including rich data aggregated through the platform that provides valuable insights about OR operations – both clinical and financial.”
“The vital signs, pulse oximetry, end-tidal CO2, and volatile agents are automatically pulled in,” he continued. “Before Recordation, I would have to fill-in specific boxes on the paper record during an actual procedure that, in an hour's case, would take me 15 minutes. Now, I'm looking at the patient, not my paperwork. It has made me a better clinician and gives me more time to be vigilant.”
Improving efficiency in the operating room is a one of the ways healthcare organizations look to cut back on costs. Introducing digital tools into operating room workflow cuts down on the time clinicians spend recording and looking through physical notes.
“The healthcare industry has traditionally been slow to change, only creating more work and headache for anesthesiologists,” Recordation Founder and Chief Medical Officer Douglas Keene said in a statement. “As a practicing anesthesiologist myself, I have come to understand the pain points associated with OR reporting and I’m excited to get Recordation out to the market and into the hands of clinicians.”
Moving away from paper notes is a significant step for healthcare organizations as they continue their digital transformation. Moving notes to an electronic platform does more than just make them easily searchable. Digitally taking notes can also potentially save organizations money.
Recording notes in a platform that integrates with other health IT systems can help organizations collect data for data analytics initiatives. Joining data collected from one tool with data collected across an organization can give clinicians much better insight into all aspects of a patient’s health, allowing them to consider all possibilities based on a wider set of data.
Digitizing notes is an important step because it can allow organizations to begin to structure their free text data. Text is often challenging to use actionably because it cannot be sorted the same way structured data can. Introducing a platform that can sort unstructured text can make it easier for organizations to adopt analytics in the future.
Organizations are introducing new tools into their IT infrastructures to collect data that can eventually be used for analytics. Internet of Things (IoT) and connected medical devices are collecting data that can be used to give clinicians more information at the point of care.
Continuing to digitize health IT infrastructure is important for organizations looking to cut back on costs and use the information they gather to better treat patients. Introducing these tools into the ecosystem will make it easier to adapt to a technology-led strategy for patient care in the future.
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