Once the operation is complete, follow-up treatment begins. Information about the operation and the planned follow-up treatment is extremely important for everyone involved, such as doctors and physiotherapists. Unfortunately, the flow of information, especially between doctors and physiotherapists, is often very slow. However, since physiotherapy is extremely important for the success of the entire treatment, we want to address this.
To improve quality, from now on, every patient will receive their complete medical records before leaving our surgery center. This means that on the day of surgery, our patients will receive two detailed surgical reports, one for the attending physician and one for their physiotherapist, as well as detailed instructions for follow-up treatment.
This measure optimally regulates the flow of information, and no patient has to chase after their records after the operation to inform their doctors and therapists. This way, serious errors in follow-up treatment can be avoided right from the start.
To achieve this goal, a greater logistical effort is required than initially appears. A new color laser printer and a notebook were purchased for data processing. To process the reports with our practice's IT system, a new network connection must be created between the operating room and our practice's IT system at the Saarlouis Medical Center.
This will be accomplished via a modern Lancom 3G VPN router that wirelessly connects our new notebook, the printer, and the arthroscopy tower's digital image archiving system to the practice.
State-of-the-art technology for increased quality for the benefit of our patients.