DSS LiveData PeriOp Planner to Help VA Track Surgical Cancellations Due to COVID-19

With COVID-19 response being a priority for all health systems, the challenge of providing immediate care can be further compounded without being able track surgical cancellations due to the virus.

Thankfully, LiveData and DSS, Inc. have been developing an enhancement to its PeriOp Planner solution, which will make it easier for VA facilities to track these cancellations. The solution will also provide a clear view on the number of surgical patients impacted by COVID-19.

This visualization and organizational solution facilitates surgical scheduling workflow by coordinating the patient’s steps from recommendation through preparation to scheduling. PeriOp Planner ultimately enables patients to be better prepared for surgery and empowers VA hospitals and surgical teams to accurately and confidently schedule surgical cases.

With its new enhancement, PeriOp Planner will allow scheduling staff to immediately put “COVID” as part of their cancellation comments in the software. A soon-to-be-updated release of the analytics module will allow for this data to be picked up, and shared. In addition, the PeriOp Planner will eliminate the need for these manual comments with a new drop-down cancellation option.

This update will be put into place this month, and VA facilities should anticipate a late-April/early-May installation completion.  For more information on PeriOp Manager click here.