PKB can be the digital solution for many perioperative teams wanting to improve surgical pathways. Providing digital informed consent, digitalised shared decision tools for elective surgerytool care plans, pre and post-surgery questionnaires and care plans, giving patients advice, reducing clinical appointment time, saving hospital money and improving the experience for both the patient and the clinical teams.
PKBs PKB's messaging and questionnaire functionality can help teams complete earlier pre-operative screening to help identify patients with additional health needs who would benefit from extra support both before and after surgery. The library and care plan features can give patients information pre and post-op and provide hospitals with a digital waiting well solution.
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A third of on-the-day cancellations are due to people not being clinically ready for treatment
Patients who are not fully ready for treatment are at greater risk of significant complications after surgery
Result in a hospital admission up to three times longer than average
Earlier pre-operative screening isnt happening
Long waiting lists for elective surgery, thousands of people waiting over two years for surgical procedures
Limited ability for organisations to engage with those patients on the waiting list, to support patients in waiting well
What is the NHS doing about it?
They have created an NHS Elective Care Recovery Plan
PKB is support National pathway priorities for PIFU, Waitlist Validation, Outpatient Optimisation, eMeet and Greet, shared decision tools
PKB Solution
Validating waitlist via questionnaire
Secure messaging feature allows professionals to share information with patients pre and post surgery
Support patients waiting well with care plans and a library of resources
Send patients digital appointments and appointment letters
Make sure information Information is shared about patient requirements ahead of treatment
Validate support required by collecting data from patients to triage them ahead of interactions (care plans, questionnaires, messaging)
Informed consent and shared decision tools
Care plans for all stages of peri-operative care, consent, pre-operative assessment, post-operative, post-op rehab and enhanced recovery
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Use cases
Diabetes
The team uses PKB to manage the cohort of patients admitted for surgery diagnosed with Diabetes. As part of a Diabetes/Surgical improvement project for patients with Diabetes throughout the Perioperative process. From Pre-assessment through to postoperative discharge follow-up. Enabling the use of the library for information and health and well-being support throughout the perioperative process.
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