We’re delighted to announce the launch of a brand-new cloud application that promises to make surgical coordination easier for everyone involved. It might even make it fun.
Surgimate Practice replaces ESRM, the legacy client-server application that’s been powering surgical coordination workflows in practices nationwide since the late 2000s. We will continue supporting existing ESRM customers but will cease implementing the solution.
Sorry, ESRM. Time’s up. Coordinating surgeries has become more chaotic, information technology has exploded, and APIs are usurping HL7 in a marketplace-driven economy. We’ve moved to the cloud.
We soft-launched the new application several months ago on a handful of adventurous customers. Now that we’ve ironed out some initial bugs, it’s time to unleash Practice on the world.
What’s New and Better About Surgimate Practice
Surgimate Practice’s cloud-based architecture guarantees low-cost scalability in an industry defined by mega-mergers and a growing number of practices operating from multiple locations.
You no longer need to buy a dedicated server or pay for database licenses, as Surgimate Practice uses open-source technology.
You can log into Surgimate Practice from any browser, anywhere, and share information across all your teams and departments.
Our new API allows for deeper, faster, and lower-cost integration with third-party vendors and marketplaces. Transferring patient data between the Surgimate platform and your legacy EHR and PM systems has never been easier.
Surgimate Practice offers an intuitive and streamlined user experience designed to reduce the actions required for everyday tasks and provide maximum oversight and accountability.
Surgimate Practice lets each practice tailor the workflow within the application to its needs.
Improved Charge Capture
It is no longer limited to surgeons via the mobile app; PAs and other providers can now add confirmation codes via the desktop application, too.
Customizable Workflow
Our new cloud application allows each practice to tailor the application to their needs.
Doctors can access their surgical schedules, patient information, and clinical data via the Surgimate App, a native mobile application for iOS and Android. The App provides HIPAA-compliant integration with users’ personal calendars.
Task-driven User Experience
We’ve divided the application into six main task-driven sections.
Home
The opening screen of the application, Home provides a visual snapshot of key performance indicators for schedulers and managers, such as the number of surgeries per provider and per given time period, the number of surgeries performed per month, and the number of scheduler tasks in a given time period.
Agenda
Agenda is a robust tasking engine for managing surgeries. Incorporating a hierarchical trigger-based checklist, it shows staff the tasks they need to complete on any given day, including sub-steps for a more granular picture of the real amount of work required. Managers use Agenda to monitor team performance and reassign resources in the event of staff shortages or shifting workloads.
Overview
This section offers managers and staff a bird’s eye view of the status of all tasks in the system. We’ve introduced new color-coded iconography to make it easier than ever to process information visually, and with the system automatically determining task status, there’s less chance of human error.
Calendar
Redesigned to be bigger, clearer, and more user-friendly, we’ve added a List view for a quick chronological snapshot of all upcoming calendar events.
Surgeries
Records of all the surgical events stored in the system can be found here. A hierarchical checklist makes short shrift of searching for a particular event. Once found, all information surrounding the surgery — medical hx, testing, diagnoses, and so forth — can be easily accessed using a side toolbar.
Patients
Like the patient card in the system, you can see all the information imported from third-party systems for each patient.
More Functionality On Mobile
The Surgimate App is the first mobile application to offer HIPAA integration with personal calendars. The app allows users to send surgical events to the calendar without the PHI.
When the surgeon clicks on an event, it launches inside the Surgimate App with all the PHI intact. We’ve also improved charge capture functionality — good news for surgeons and billing staff.
Migration For Existing Customers
ESRM customers who wish to upgrade to Surgimate Practice should contact us to arrange a demo of the new application and discuss migration timeframes.
