POA implemented a centralized scheduling process with Surgimate, configuring the system to work within the needs of their workflow. Surgimate is now their destination platform for coordinating surgeries and managers can assign tasks
to the appropriate staff and teams, track productivity, and ensure all items are in place prior to surgery. Surgimate has drastically increased efficiency by generating customized forms automatically, syncing one electronic calendar across the practice for all surgeons, and automating presurgery tracking. Using an API with athenahealth, data is seamlessly shared with Surgimate, including surgical appointments being pushed from Surgimate back into athenahealth. Surgimate has not only drastically reduced the time it takes to schedule surgeries, but also significantly reduced errors from manual data entry. And now that all information about surgeries is stored in one location, there is full transparency between departments, surgeons and management.