Features

Patient identification

• patient identification by scanning the patient wristband
• comparison with expected patient and warning in case of incorrect patient identity
• warning in case of risk of confusion due to similar sounding names

Patient and procedure details

• taken from HIS (HL7)
• warning against mix-ups

Process overview

• digital surgical checklist for wards and operating rooms (visible to all)
• Consideration of process dependencies, e.g. SO (sign-out) blocked if TTO (team time-out) has not yet been released.
• overview through process visualization
• completeness check

Customisable digital checklists

• e.g. only TTO (team time-out) and SO (sign-out) in an emergency.
• shortened check at the TTO with only 3 checks as opposed to the ‘normal’ TTO

Warning notices

• display of warnings from the HIS
• medical information, e.g. allergies, antibiotic prophylaxis
• care-related information, e.g. non-removable ring, glass eye, dentures, etc.

Note function

• digital Post-it note
• communication and information flow along the process chain
• placed right next to warning notices

Display and entry of the digital OP-checklist

• structured presentation of test steps
• overview of completed and pending tasks
• timestamp and complete audit trail: who did what, when?
• Documentation of necessary process deviations
• instructions for action for each test step

Role concept

• occupational group-specific checks and approval rights

Additions

• Simple entries can be offered for checks. Here, for example, is a multiple selection for the ‘Eli-Box’ check.

STOP function

• in the event of deviations or problems in the process
• STOP for downstream checklist areas visible

Hospital information system (HIS) integration

• single sign-on: direct access from the HIS
• data transfer from the HIS
• HIS export of checklists as PDF files to the medical history archive

Takeoff HIS/electronic temperature chart (eFK)

• Integration into digital medical records, e.g. verification of surgical consent
• Jump to electronic fever chart (medication)

Status display in the HIS

• Users can see the status of the digital surgical checklist for the respective procedure in the HIS.