Menlo Park, California Mar 4, 2020 (Issuewire.com) - Pioneering orthopedic surgeon Dr. Stefan Kreuzer of Memorial Bone & Joint Research Foundation, INOV8 Surgery Center and Memorial Hermann Health System, has partnered with industry-leading Silicon Valley company Ready Surgery to deliver AI-enhanced care for surgical patients. This digital health technology will allow Dr. Kreuzer and his team to deliver personalized care, guiding patients safely through the surgical process while avoiding complications. The Ready Surgery platform is a comprehensive solution that manages the care of the patient beginning at the surgeon’s office, then seamlessly through the day of surgery at the surgery center or hospital, and even though the patient’s recovery at home after discharge. This novel technology proactively identifies opportunities for patient-specific optimization among hundreds of possible risk factors well before surgery. Patients are then monitored throughout the surgical episode, during which valuable data is collected to deliver timely and insightful recommendations tailored to each individual patient, a process that is otherwise onerous and not scalable for a busy practice such as that of Dr. Kreuzer.
Dr. Kreuzer noted, ”We are extremely excited about the Ready Surgery technology because not only is it very easy to use but their sophisticated technology helps identify risks, surgical timing for patient optimization and appropriate patients for same-day surgery and even 23 hour stays. Every patient at our office that is ready to schedule surgery is being sent through the Ready Surgery algorithm before deciding whether to take them to the hospital or surgery center. With our busy practice, we have also automated the entire booking, coordination, clearance, patient engagement and data collection workflows, and my staff are also extremely pleased with the end-to-end Ready Surgery solution.“
Ready Surgery’s industry-leading and innovative technology platform is showing the way forward for surgeons, surgery centers and hospitals to manage patients in a manner that minimizes provider and staff burden while simultaneously enhancing surgical safety and improving outcomes. Various organizations have utilized the platform in customized ways to support institutional or practice imperatives, whether transitioning to outpatient joint & spine programs, participating in outcomes collection for Merit-based Incentive Payments System (MIPS), powering data-driven co-management agreements and quality initiatives to avoid cancellations, complications or readmissions, reducing length of stay & discharges to skilled nursing facilities, or even leveraging the technology to lower malpractice costs, drive easier pre-authorizations and negotiate profitable bundled payments or other alternative payment models with payers. Ready Surgery’s technology utilizes data-driven computing techniques made popular by the likes of Silicon Valley companies such as Apple, Google, Amazon, Uber, etc. to herald the next generation of surgical care with its increasing focus on the Quadruple Aim. Unlike EMRs, Ready Surgery’s digital technology is easy to set up and use, reducing the burden on clinicians and staff while keeping the focus on improving clinical care for patients. This multi-user and modular technology is unique in its ability to align surgeon offices, surgery centers, hospitals, patients, anesthesiologists, vendors and even payers to deliver the best care throughout the surgical episode without the traditional challenges in Health IT.
“The entire Ready Surgery team is pleased to support Dr. Kreuzer, his research foundation and his surgery center team, led by Linda Ruterbories from Surgical Care Affiliates. We have redesigned their surgical workflow end-to-end to ensure patient selection, complication avoidance, care coordination, pre-operative planning and patient education are all consistently successful. By offering support for the entire episode, we ultimately deliver the safest, personalized and most effective surgical experience for every single patient,” said Reshma Ananthakrishnan, CEO of Ready Surgery.
Ready Surgery has been showcased at national conferences, including recently at the Becker’s ASC Conference, because of its operational and clinical utility as well as its power to deliver safe and cost-effective value-based care, especially for Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Hospital Outpatient Departments. With the march to outpatient surgery being spurred on by Medicare initiatives, continued acceleration in deployment of this one-of-a-kind technology is expected across the health care landscape as more and more surgeons, anesthesiologists, and service line leaders seek robust solutions to enable the consistent delivery of quality care at lower costs.
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Ready Surgery is a one-of-a-kind comprehensive surgical episode management system. Built-in partnership with surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses and researchers, this mission-driven digital health company is already transforming surgical care. Ready Surgery’s AI-enhanced technology, dubbed by some as the “Moneyball for Surgery”, is bringing data-driven Decision Science to make better evidence-based surgical decisions while delivering value and personalizing surgical care. With a single easy-to-use platform for patient selection, risk intelligence, care coordination, preoperative optimization and patient engagement, Ready Surgery serves leading surgeons and surgical facilities in achieving the best clinical and financial outcomes. Learn more at www.readysurgery.com
INOV8 Orthopedics, located in Houston, Texas, is one of the highest volume and renowned surgery practices in the nation that attracts patients from around the globe. Established by the preeminent expert in Orthopedics, Dr. Stefan Kreuzer, INOV8 is an advanced surgical program that takes advantage of the latest medical technology and best practices in management to create superior outcomes for patients. In addition, the program also leads the industry in the efficient delivery of care to reduce waste and save costs. With the increased demand for surgical care, this program innovates to improve both outcomes and patient experience while maximizing the utilization of our current healthcare spend. Learn more at www.inov8ortho.com
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