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Theatre and surgery

NextHealth Care

Included in Care Hospitals

Theatre time is among the most expensive resources a hospital has, and every late start or cancelled case costs money and patient trust. NextHealth Care schedules each case with all the people and equipment it needs, so conflicts appear at booking, not on the day. Pre-anaesthetic assessment, the surgical safety checklist and the operation note are completed in sequence, and recovery and post-operative orders follow the patient to the ward.

What it covers

  • Theatre scheduling with surgeon, anaesthetist, room and equipment
  • Pre-anaesthetic assessment and fitness
  • WHO surgical safety checklist, enforced not optional
  • Operation notes, implant and prosthesis logging with lot traceability
  • Recovery and post-operative orders
  • Theatre utilisation and turnaround measurement
Why it is hard to do well

Every implant should be traceable to its patient

Theatre scheduling and surgical records in one place

A manufacturer recalls a batch of hip implants. Instead of weeks searching paper registers, the theatre manager searches the lot number and has the list of affected patients in minutes, ready for the clinical team to contact them.

Safety steps are part of the workflow, not optional extras. The WHO surgical safety checklist is completed for every case, from sign in through time out to sign out, and the pre-anaesthetic assessment confirms fitness for surgery before the day.

Daily theatre lists show every case in order with its team and equipment, and utilisation and turnaround between cases are measured for each session, so managers can see where time is lost and fill lists more fully. Operation notes, implant records and post-operative orders sit in one surgical record that stays with the patient's file. Theatre teams work from one shared view of the day, so surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses know exactly what is next and what each case needs.

How operating theatre management works in NextHealth Care

Operating theatre management software schedules surgical cases and records each procedure from booking to recovery. In NextHealth Care, the surgical record is part of the patient's main record, so pre-operative, operative and post-operative information stays together.

  1. Schedule the case. Surgeon, anaesthetist, room and equipment are booked together and the theatre list is built.

  2. Prepare. The pre-anaesthetic assessment records fitness for surgery before the day.

  3. Check. The WHO surgical safety checklist is completed at sign in, time out and sign out.

  4. Document. The operation note records the procedure and every implant with its lot number.

  5. Recover. Recovery observations and post-operative orders follow the patient, and theatre utilisation and turnaround are measured.

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Questions we get asked

Theatre and surgery is included in Care Hospitals, and can be added to Care Clinics and Care Clinics Pro for day surgery.

Yes. The checklist is a required step for every case, so sign in, time out and sign out are completed and recorded before the procedure moves on.

Yes. Implants and prostheses are recorded with their lot numbers in the operation note, so every patient who received a device can be found in minutes if it is recalled.

Each case is booked with its surgeon, anaesthetist, room and equipment, so clashes between people and resources show up at booking rather than on the day.

Yes. Utilisation and turnaround times between cases are measured for every session.

Recovery observations and post-operative orders follow the patient from theatre to the ward in the same surgical record.

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