Smart Healthcare: Surgery Reminders

SimplyCast offers the Smart Healthcare Surgery Reminders use case as one of its many use cases that work towards simplifying and transforming procedures for healthcare facilities. The Healthcare Reminder use case uses smart technologies to allow healthcare staff to easily send automatic surgery reminders, manage post-surgery recovery plans, and customize messages for each surgery.  

Manually managing surgery reminders often presents several challenges for healthcare administrators. These include issues such as patients failing to receive notifications, complexities in implementing updates, the extensive workload required to meet the high number of patients awaiting surgery, and the oversight of critical information. These challenges underscore the need for a more streamlined and efficient approach to managing surgery reminders to ensure patients receive adequate communications.  

SimplyCast offers the Surgery Reminders use case to combat these issues and significantly transform surgery reminders for healthcare facilities.  

The Surgery Reminders use case provides three key features that foster its successful implementation to improve the management and submission of surgery reminders. 

1. Automatic reminders: Automatic reminders streamline communication before surgery and allow you to request confirmation to verify that patients have received the reminder. These reminders can be set out at various intervals and may include all required information before surgery.  
2. Dynamic forms: This use case allows pre-surgery forms to be sent to verify if patients have followed the required instructions or to confirm other important details. 
3. Recovery plans: After surgery this use case allows recovery plans to be sent out automatically to ensure patients receive information on what they must do after surgery to aid in the recovery process. 

Through these three features, the Surgery Reminders use case transforms how patients receive information before and after surgery.  

Yes. This use case provides a high level of versatility, allowing messages to be sent at any set interval to suit the situation. In addition to providing custom set times, updates to when notifications must be sent can change at a moment's notice to adjust for any urgent changes. Messages are also customizable and can be adapted to each surgery and patient, ensuring that all essential details are received.  

The Surgery Reminders use case provides numerous advantages for healthcare facilities, enhancing operational efficiency and patient experiences. Some of the key benefits include the following: 

• Reduce the rate of missed surgeries: By consistently reminding patients of their upcoming surgeries through regular automated notifications, this use case effortlessly greatly lowers the chances of patients missing surgeries.  
• Improve patient compliance with pre-surgery instructions: This use case helps ensure that patients comply with pre-surgery instructions by keeping them regularly informed and engaged about what they must do prior to surgery. 
• Provide notifications using multiple communication methods: Multiple communication methods allow patients to receive reminder messages in the way that is best for them, reducing the risk of missed notifications.  
• Deliver personalized reminders: This use case allows for reminders messages to be customized for each patient, helping to ensure that each patient receives the information they need prior to surgery.  

Healthcare facilities can ensure that patients stay informed and prepared for their surgery through these benefits.