Theator’s Surgical Intelligence Platform Improves Surgical Safety in Tel Aviv
Customer Story
Theator's Surgical Intelligence Platform Improves Surgical Safety in Tel Aviv
Introduction
Hospitals striving to improve patient outcomes are often challenged by variability in surgical procedures and techniques. Without automated, routine capture and analysis of all surgical video, it is near impossible to understand how or why intraoperative or postoperative complications occur.
In 2022, Sourasky Medical Center (SMC) in Tel Aviv, Israel sought to improve surgical quality in cholecystectomies—and leveraged Theator’s Surgical Intelligence Platform to do so. Theator automatically captures and analyzes all minimally invasive procedure data, making it possible to understand the why behind variability.
The Data
Theator’s Surgical Intelligence Platform identified particularly high variability levels in identifying the Critical View of Safety (CVS) during Cholecystectomy procedures. The range of variability was vast, with CVS achieved in as little as 33% of procedures some months, to a max of 55% in other months.
Armed with these insights, a department-wide proactive approach was initiated to increase CVS adoption. In five short months CVS adoption surged 27%, propelling their departmental average to 75%.
Conclusion
The introduction of Surgical Intelligence presented SMC with a unique opportunity to harness an untapped dataset, thus unlocking valuable and actionable insights.
This data not only provided a comprehensive view of what occurred during the procedures, but also facilitated a deeper understanding of the underlying reasons behind them and how to improve.
Theator’s Surgical Intelligence Platform surfaced the variability of evidence-based surgical best practice adoption which prompted SMC to address the situation and drive standardization across the department.
As a result, there was a significant increase in adopting CVS in cholecystectomy as a best practice, showcasing Sourasky Medical Center’s unwavering dedication to enhancing quality
assurance and delivering superior patient care.
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