The Cost Effectiveness and Efficiency of Using a CaseView
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Kaz Sobczak1, Joyce Nacario2 , Ho Lom Lee3
1University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (USA)
2University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (USA)
3University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (USA)
[email protected], [email protected],
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Purpose and Background
UCSF operating room has developed a novel, easy-to-
use tool to visualize and manage operating room use in
real time called CaseView.
CaseView was built specifically as an information tool for
medical, administrative, and perioperative staff.
The purpose of this study was to examine cost
effectiveness and efficiency levels resulting from
using CaseView as a web-based technology to expedite
patient care and cost-saving for an operating room in
clinical practice.
CaseView as a Web-Based Resource Technology
Joyce Nacario-a nursing informatics expert and clinical nurse IV at
UCSF Medical Center Operating Room, helped design and run a
web-based resource called CaseView with the cooperation of Ho
Lom Lee, a programmer, and Dr Kulli, a perioperative medical
director [3].
CaseView was developed using existing computer infrastructure,
Microsoft Net, information processes, and information
technology.
CaseView provides dynamic and sophisticated information,
using text, still images, video, audio files, and various web
design techniques without incurring any external costs.
Using internal resources, CaseView is supported by one
informatics nurse and one programmer
CaseView Feature
The
data elements used to build the
CaseView display include:
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Room (OR) number
Surgeon name
Name of anesthesiologist
Name of surgical procedure
Patient name
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Scheduled case start time
Scheduled case duration
Actual case start time
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Actual case duration
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Real-time information
The operating room and PACU display are shown below.
The color purple indicates that the patient has arrived at the surgical waiting area.
Green indicates that the patient is in the preop area.
Blue indicates that the patient is in the OR and pink is used to record that the
patient is in PACU.
Yellow indicates that the patient is still going to the OR (pending cases).
Start and End Times: Turnover Times
Cases completed, underway, and upcoming are all shown on the same screen.
Completed cases are depicted using actual start and end times.
Case start and end times are displayed down to the minute, not in 15 or 30 minute
increments.
CaseView Supplies
.
CaseView tracks all supplies used in the operating room at UCSF Medical Center Hospital.
It is now being applied to map out a cost-effective approach to supply usage.
This report summarizes the application designed to specific procedures
Setting and Methodology
The test of CaseView was conducted in the operating room unit of an
academic medical center, UCSF.
The study took place from February 2010 to June 2010.
All operating room staff members were invited by email to participate in a
web-based survey asking them to evaluate how CaseView affected the
health care team's efficiency, knowledge, retention, team building,
leadership skills, professional development, knowledge management,
evidence-based practice, and, most importantly, patient safety.
The convenience sample (N = 119) was selected from an academic
medical center, UCSF over a 3-month period and consisted of surgical
staff using CaseView.
The survey included open-ended and closed-ended questions,
multiple choice questions, matrix questions, as well as
dichotomous yes/no questions, with “yes” signifying positive and
“no” negative effects.
Results
Over 90% of the respondents said that CaseView expedited patient care and costsaving clinical practice.
It was also described as environmentally friendly, as it eliminates the need to print out
hundreds of pages of paperwork daily.
Quick &
easy to
use
Real time
data
Good
Average
71.0%
25.0%
(25)
3.0%
0.0%
(3)
(0)
4.0%
1.0%
(4)
(1)
4.0%
0.0%
(4)
(0)
5.0%
1.0%
(5)
(1)
4.3%
0.0%
(4)
(0)
(71)
67.7%
(67)
71.0%
Informative
Increases
efficiency
Below
Excellent
(71)
69.0%
(69)
27.3%
(27)
25.0%
(25)
25.0%
(25)
Average
Rating
Response
Average
Count
4.65
100
0.0%
(0)
4.62
99
0.0%
(0)
4.67
100
0.0%
(0)
4.62
100
0.0%
(0)
4.64
92
Poor
1.0%
(1)
Enables
situational
awareness
68.5%
(63)
27.2%
(27)
Conclusions
CaseView web-based technology addresses health care providers’
needs for better time management and improved cost-effectiveness
by providing a powerful yet intuitive visual interface to data that already
exist in clinical databases.
It allows stakeholders to make decisions based on the most up-to-date
information and promotes efficiency as well as situational awareness
regarding the OR.
Results of the survey show that without CaseView, monitoring data and
recording the business of providing health care would be inefficient and
would further strain the hospital’s resources.
The current pace of change in health care knowledge and information
technology continues to accelerate.
CaseView offers tools for health care providers to manage this
exponential increase in information technology so that the most
cost-effective treatment decisions can be made that will result in
the optimal outcomes for patients.