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November 11, 2025
# Getting started with the Surgery domain
## Transform surgical operations with intelligent insights
The **Surgery domain** in SystemView provides a comprehensive view of both **elective and emergency surgery**, helping hospitals optimise theatre utilisation, reduce waiting times, and improve patient outcomes.
It brings together real-time and historical data on waiting lists, demand, capacity, scheduling, and theatre activity, giving clinical and operational teams the clarity they need to plan efficiently and act decisively.
**In this article:**
- [What the Surgery domain does](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-surgery-domain#whatitdoes)
- [How the Surgery domain is structured](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-surgery-domain#structure)
- [Who uses the Surgery domain](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-surgery-domain#whousesit)
- [How to get started](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-surgery-domain#howtogetstarted)
- [Video walkthrough](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-surgery-domain#vid)
- [Tips for success](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-surgery-domain#success)
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### **What the Surgery domain does**
Variations in demand and capacity significantly influence elective and emergency surgery management, from bookings and staffing to inpatient flow and patient outcomes.
The Surgery domain provides **a single, integrated view** across these moving parts, helping users identify pressures early and allocate resources effectively.
#### **Key benefits**
- **Intelligent waiting list management:** SystemView's algorithms analyse surgeon waiting list sizes to support session reallocations, patient list changes, or opportunities for additional outpatient appointments.
- **Better booking processes:** Innovative visualisations and chronological management tools optimise booking order and ensure timely treatment.
- **Emergency surgery management:** Track and plan emergency sessions with near real-time visibility of current cases and historical demand trends.
- **Theatre utilisation excellence:** Monitor how theatres are booked and used to identify efficiency opportunities at the team, surgeon, or session level.
- **Performance monitoring and reporting:** Set and track activity-based targets, with automated alerts when thresholds are not met.
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### **How the Surgery domain is structured**
The domain is made up of several component groups that each align with key stages of surgical and theatre management:
| **Category** | **What it helps you do** |
| --- | --- |
| 🔗 [Waiting List Management](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/surgery#waiting-list-management) | Monitor elective surgery demand, track long waits, and forecast breaches. |
| 🔗 [Demand & Capacity Planning](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/surgery#demand-capacity-planning) | Analyse how current capacity aligns with upcoming surgical demand. |
| 🔗 [Scheduling & Booking Management](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/surgery#scheduling-booking-management) | Manage and audit bookings to improve treat-in-turn compliance. |
| 🔗 [Performance & Activity Analysis](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/surgery#performance-activity-analysis) | Measure theatre utilisation, cancellations, and surgical throughput. |
| 🔗 [Emergency Surgery](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/surgery#emergency-surgery) | Manage real-time emergency surgery demand and session allocation. |
Each component group connects to others, allowing users to follow the patient journey from waitlist to operation while balancing elective and emergency workloads.
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### **Who uses the Surgery domain**
The Surgery domain supports a wide range of users across clinical, administrative, and executive levels.
Common user roles include:
| **Role** | **What they use it for** |
| --- | --- |
| Theatre Managers & NUMs | Oversee daily session activity, utilisation, and scheduling accuracy. |
| Surgical Bookings Officers | Manage elective surgery waiting lists, ensure chronological bookings, and reduce long waits. |
| Clinical Directors & Surgeons | Review individual and specialty-level performance, throughput, and utilisation. |
| Operating Suite Coordinators | Allocate and adjust theatre sessions to meet changing demand. |
| Executives & Performance Teams | Monitor performance metrics, theatre capacity, and achievement of targets. |
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### **How to get started**
1. **Explore your elective waiting list**
Start with [Waiting List \> Trends ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/surgery-waiting-list-trends) to see the current elective surgery demand and how it compares to optimal list sizes by doctor and specialty.
2. **Identify risks and forecast demand**
Use [Waiting List \> Risks & Projections ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/surgery-waiting-list-risks-and-projections) to understand which patients are approaching breach and forecast the next 12, 26, or 52 weeks of demand.
3. **Review theatre capacity and utilisation**
Visit [Theatre Effectiveness \> Utilisation ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/surgery-theatre-effectiveness-utilisation) to compare booked versus actual utilised theatre time and identify opportunities to improve efficiency.
4. **See your upcoming schedule**
Open the [Elective Schedule Monitor ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/surgery-elective-schedule-monitor) to view upcoming theatre sessions, check fill rates, and identify unbooked patients who fit remaining available time.
5. **View your operation activity**
Use [Activity Trends \> Elective & Emergency ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/surgery-activity-trends-elective-and-emergency) to review surgical activity over time, monitor throughput by specialty or surgeon, and track trends in elective and emergency cases.
6. **Plan ahead with forecasting tools**
Use the Surgery Forecasting Tool › to model future scenarios and test the impact of service changes or additional sessions on your waiting list.
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### **Video walkthrough**
🎥 Watch the **Introduction to the Surgery Domain** video for a quick tour of components, navigation tips, and key concepts.
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#### **Want a detailed breakdown?**
If you’d like a more detailed look at every component, chart, patient list, and tile in the Surgery domain, you can download the full **SystemView Surgery User Guide** below.
📎 **Download:** [SystemView Surgery Guide](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/hubfs/Learning%20Hub%20PDF%20Guides/SystemView%20Domain%20Guide%20-%20Surgery%20V1.0.pdf)
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### **Tips for success**
- **Monitor both elective and emergency data.** Use Demand & Capacity › and Emergency Session Allocation › together to balance resources effectively.
- **Check for out-of-turn bookings.** Use [Chronological Management ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/surgery#scheduling-booking-management) components to improve treat-in-turn compliance.
- **Track performance regularly.** Review [Theatre Effectiveness ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/surgery#performance-activity-analysis) metrics weekly to identify efficiency trends.
- **Pair with other domains.** Surgery connects closely with [Beds ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-beds-domain) (for flow and discharge planning) and [Outpatients ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-outpatients-domain) (for pre-admission visibility).
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- [Scheduling & Booking Management](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/surgery#scheduling-booking-management)
- [Performance & Activity Analysis](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/surgery#performance-activity-analysis)
- [Emergency Surgery](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/surgery#emergency-surgery)
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