Surgery
Learn how to manage surgical waiting lists, optimise theatre utilisation, and track surgical activity in SystemView.
Introduction & Terminology
Waiting List Management
- Surgery Waiting List > Trends
- Surgery Waiting List > Patient List
- Surgery Waiting List > Risks & Projections
- Surgery Waiting List > Dynamics
- Waiting List > End of Month
- Waiting List > Operating Times
- Surgery - Waiting List >Sláintecare Maximum Waiting Time component
- Surgery - Waiting List > Maximum Waiting Time Summary component
- Surgery - Waiting List > Maximum Waiting Times component spotlight
- Surgery - Waiting List > Procedure Analysis component spotlight
- How are Operation / Procedure Estimates calculated?
- Why is chronological management important?
- What are removals other than treatment?
- What does 'removals' mean?
- What are the average procedure times for my specialty?
- Can I see the Nominal Wait Max by procedure?
- What does census date mean?
- How can I see a trend of a particular procedure on the surgery waiting list?
- How can I see a trend of a particular procedure on the surgery waiting list?
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
- Elective Schedule Monitor
- Surgery - Chronological Management > Recent Bookings Auditor
- Chronological Management > Treated in Turn
- Chronological Management > Booking Auditor
- Surgery- Chronological Management > Wait Times
- 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
- Theatre Effectiveness > Utilisation
- Theatre Effectiveness Session Details Table
- Theatre Effectiveness > Late Starts
- Theatre Effectiveness > Day of Surgery (DOS) Cancellations
- Treated in Time > Activity
- Activity Trends > Elective by Category
- Activity Trends > Elective & Emergency
- Surgery - Theatre Effectiveness > Early Finishes component spotlight
- Surgery - Theatre Effectiveness > Late Finishes component spotlight
- Surgery - Chronological Management > Booked in Turn component spotlight
- 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?
- Why are early finishes in theatres a problem?
- Why are late finishes in theatres a problem?
- What is a early finish?
- What is a late finish?
- What is a late start?