Surgery
Understand how to track surgery waitlists, optimise theatre schedules, and monitor surgical performance.
Introduction & Terminology
Waiting List Management
- Surgery - Waiting List >Sláintecare Maximum Waiting Time component
- Surgery - Waiting List > Trends component spotlight
- Surgery - Waiting List > Risks & Projections component spotlight
- Surgery - Waiting List > End of Month > End of Current Month component spotlight
- Surgery - Waiting List > End of Month > End of Next Month component spotlight
- Surgery - Waiting List > Maximum Waiting Time Summary component
- Surgery - Waiting List > Maximum Waiting Times component spotlight
- Surgery - Waiting List > Dynamics component spotlight
- Surgery - Waiting List > Procedure Analysis component spotlight
- Surgery - Waiting List > Patient List component spotlight
- Surgery - Waiting List > Operating Times component spotlight
- How are Operation / Procedure Estimates calculated?
- How many booked long waits do I have?
- How do I see the ongoing demand to my elective surgery waiting list?
- Why is chronological management important?
- How many over target/ long waits do I have?
- What is the logic for waiting list dynamics?
- What are removals other than treatment?
- What does 'dynamics' mean?
- What does 'removals' mean?
- What does 'additions' mean?
- How many patients are on my waiting list?
- How can I see the additions and removals to my waiting list?
- What is a backlog of long waits?
- Why is a long wait or over due patient a problem?
- What is a PTL?
- How do I find out if any patients on the waiting list are deceased?
- My beds are full and I need to cancel my elective operations tomorrow. Which patients should I cancel to have the least impact on my Elective Surgery long wait position?
- How to find my urgent or high risk patients?
- Are patients who are Not Ready for Care included in my waiting list?
- Who should be booked next to theatre?
- What are the average procedure times for my specialty?
- Can I see the Nominal Wait Max by procedure?
- Where can I find Elective Surgery waiting list trends for my specialty?
- Why should I know my booked long waits?
- Is a booked breach bad?
- How many booked breaches do I have?
- How many unbooked long waits do I have?
- How many unbooked risks do I have?
- How many long waits will I have at the end of this month?
- What does census date mean?
- How many long waits will I have at the end of next month?
- How can I see my end on month long wait position?
- How many long waits will I have at the end of the month?
- Which patients were added to the waiting list last week?
- How many patients are being added to my waiting list every week?
- What is the maximum number of patients I can have on my waiting list to ensure I can see them within clinically recommended timeframes?
- How can I see a trend of a particular procedure on the surgery waiting list?
- How many patients need surgery?
- How many patients are waiting for an operation?
- How can I see a trend of a particular procedure on the surgery waiting list?
- Can I see my long wait or overdue elective surgery position at the end of the month?
- Where can I find Elective Surgery waiting list trends for my specialty?
- What is the Nominal Wait List Maximum?
Demand & Capacity Planning
- Surgery - Demand & Capacity > Overview
- Surgery - Demand & Capacity > Trends component spotlight
- Surgery - Demand & Capacity > Emergency Session Allocation component spotlight
- Surgery - Demand & Capacity > Emergency Operations in Elective Sessions component
- How many theatre sessions do I have allocated each week?
- How does SystemView calculate the number of sessions I require per week?
- What is the impact of changing the set buffer filter in the Surgery Demand & Capacity Trends component?
- In Surgery Demand and Capacity Trends are outsourced patients included in the demand?
- Do I have enough Emergency sessions for cover the Emergency demand?
- How many operating sessions does my specialty need to manage all our upcoming Elective Surgery patients?
- How many operating sessions do I need in future to manage my Elective Surgery patients?
- Which doctors have too many sessions?
- Which doctors need more sessions?
- How many more theatre sessions do I need?
- How many operating sessions do I need per week to manage my Elective Surgery demand?
- Do I have enough theatre session time to treat my elective surgery waiting list?
Scheduling & Booking Management
- Surgery - Elective Schedule Monitor component spotlight
- Surgery - chronological Management > Booking Auditor
- Surgery - Chronological Management > Recent Bookings Auditor
- Surgery- Chronological Management > Wait Times
- Surgery - Chronological Management > Treated in Turn component spotlight
- How does the Elective Schedule Monitor determine my booking list?
- Who do I have booked into theatres this week?
- Are my sessions overbooked?
- How many sessions are still available this week?
- How many sessions are booked this week?
- How much operating time do I have available this week?
- How does SystemView calculate if I have treated in turn?
- Am I booking patients in treat by date order?
- How long does a patient wait for surgery?
- How long does a patient wait for on average for surgery?
Performance & Activity Analysis
- Surgery - Theatre Effectiveness > Utilisation component spotlight
- Surgery - Theatre Effectiveness > Day of Surgery (DOS) Cancellations component spotlight
- Surgery - Theatre Effectiveness > Late Starts component spotlight
- Surgery - Theatre Effectiveness > Early Finishes component spotlight
- Surgery - Theatre Effectiveness > Late Finishes component spotlight
- Surgery - Activity Trends component spotlight
- Surgery - Chronological Management > Booked in Turn component spotlight
- What is the purpose of Activity Trends component?
- How much of my elective operating time is being taken up with emergency patients?
- How can I see how many emergency operations happen in an elective session?
- Can I see the impact of emergency operations in my elective operating sessions?
- How is 'Actual Emergency Time' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- How is 'Actual Elective Time' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- Theatre Utilisation Session Details table - What does each column mean, and how are the values calculated?
- What is a 'Session Type' in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- How are 'Total Early Starts' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- How is 'Total Overrun' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- How is 'Utilisation including Changeover' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- How are 'In Session Changeover Minutes' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- How are 'Delay Minutes' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- How are 'Number of Delays' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- How are 'Number of Cancelled Operations' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- How are 'Number of Emergency Operations' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- How are 'Number of Elective Operations' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- How is 'Total Elective Elapsed Time' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- How are 'Early Finish Minutes' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- How are 'Late Start Minutes' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- How are 'Unused Minutes' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- How are 'Used Minutes' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
- What does 'other time' refer to in Theatre Utilisation?
- How do I improve my theatre utilisation?
- Why are early finishes in theatres a problem?
- Why are late finishes in theatres a problem?
- Does theatre utilisation include Emergency cases?
- What is my operating theatre utilisation?
- How do I see operating theatre utilisation?
- How do I see operating theatre utilisation?
- What is a early finish?
- What is a late finish?
- What is a late start?
- How is Theatre Utilisation calculated?
- What is my percentage theatre utilisation?
- How can I see under utilised theatres?
- How do I see how well a doctor is utilising their theatres?
- How is 'Utilisation Excluding Changeover' calculated in the Theatre Utilisation Session Details table?
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FAQs & Troubleshooting
- Why is data missing from a chart?
- What is the difference between treated in turn and booked in turn?
- How is Not Ready for Care / Not Ready for Surgery collected?
- Why cant I see my changes made in Surgery?
- When will SystemView update changes made in Surgery?
- I have updated the data in my source system so why is SystemView is still showing the data error?
- Why is yesterdays data showing?
- Why hasn't SystemView data updated?
- Why does the Theatre Schedule state "No Doctor Information"?
- How often is the waiting list refreshed?
- Within the Theatre Effectiveness components, why does it say "No Doctor"?