Casetabs News

HST Pathways ("HST") and Casetabs, two leading providers of innovative, cloud-based software for ambulatory surgery centers ("ASCs") across the U.S., today announced a strategic combination of their businesses that will offer customers a flexible and secure set of technology solutions and enhanced products and services. The combination is supported by a majority investment led by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities with a minority investment from Nexxus Holdings. Financial terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.

Casetabs today announced one million surgeries have been coordinated through its surgery coordination platform. Surgery centers and hospitals across the country are using Casetabs' web-based surgery coordination application as a central hub for coordinating and communicating real-time case information. Casetabs eliminates data silos and enables everyone involved in a case - physician office staff, hospital and surgery center staff, anesthesiologists and ancillary teams including medical reps, radiology and pathology - to work together seamlessly.

Jacob Kaufmann, IT manager for Twin Cities Orthopedics, based in Minneapolis, recently earned recognition from the practice for his contribution to improving patient satisfaction. As the IT manager, Mr. Kaufmann has had a huge impact on patient experience from behind the scenes and has made a difference by championing new technology to streamline case communication. Here, Mr. Kaufmann discusses the role of IT in improving patient satisfaction and the overall care experience.

Big bucks are being spent to fund electronic health record (EHR) systems. According to a recent Becker's article, hospitals and health systems shell out millions — sometimes billions — of dollars to implement EHRs. Given the sizeable investments being made in EHRs, it should come as no surprise the expectations for the technology are very high. And while EHRs have quickly become the go-to platform for patient information management, room for improvement remains.

Getting prepped and rolled into the operating theater for a surgical procedure is one of the most important days — if not the single most important day — in a patient's life. That's according to Erin Kyle, DNP, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, Perioperative Practice Specialist, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN).

Surgery coordination has historically been a fragmented and time-consuming communication mess involving email, text messages, phone calls, white boards, and word of mouth.

Getting prepped and rolled into the operating theater for a surgical procedure is one of the most important days — if not the single most important day — in a patient's life. That's according to Erin Kyle, DNP, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, Perioperative Practice Specialist, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN).

Casetabs, the pioneer of cloud-based surgery coordination technology, today announced it has been named the Best Health Information Exchange by MedTech Breakthrough. This is the second consecutive year Casetabs' web-based surgery coordination application has been awarded this honor.

Paper charts and file rooms, once a common site among healthcare facilities, are nearly extinct. They have been replaced with electronic health record systems. Mobile technology and the cloud have enabled anytime, anywhere access to patient information while making access to Health IT easier and more affordable. From surgical robots to smart hospitals, there is a digital transformation taking place and it is radically changing patient care.

Casetabs today announced it has extended its cloud-based surgery coordination application to facilitate anesthesia group schedule sharing and provider assignments. Surgery centers can now send a list of cases they need covered to their anesthesia groups, the groups can assign their providers to cases, and then both the centers and anesthesia groups can receive confirmation of coverage directly through Casetabs.

Anesthesia groups can now use Casetabs to coordinate cases with surgery centers. Here's what you should know.

Advances in cloud-based technology are changing how surgeries are coordinated.

This technology has replaced the need for manually faxing information and making numerous phone calls to coordinate surgeries by allowing everything to be done online using a central cloud-based hub. Surgery coordination technology enables healthcare providers and their disparate software systems to be connected.

Casetabs is bringing cloud-based collaboration technology to the surgery center space, and at its helm is CEO Gavin Fabian helping surgery centers elevate their customer experience to the next level.

Becker's ASC Review spoke with Mr. Fabian about ASC-related technology and about the next big tech trends.

Surgical case communication issues are a common problem in the healthcare industry.This is particularly true when relying on antiquated methods like fax, email, phone and text messaging. When changes and requests are not properly communicated to everyone involved in a case (surgery center and physician office staff, anesthesiologists, vendor reps, etc.), delays and cancellations are quick to follow. This is a situation with which I am all too familiar..

National Health IT Week was created to raise awareness of how information technology (IT) helps improve health care delivery in America. This annual celebration is a time to reflect on the progress that has been made and to showcase how advances in health IT improve patient outcomes and quality of care.

Corpus Christi bore the brunt of hurricane Harvey's fierce 130+ mile an hour winds.Downed trees and power lines along with scattered debris were a common scene. Power outages affected the city for days. Next Harvey set its sights on Houston causing widespread flooding that washed out roads and made major interstates impassable. Then came Irma.

It is well known in the ASC industry that the easier a center is to work with, the more desirable it is for physician offices to engage in business. As centers look for new ways to increase their desirability, and in turn pull in more cases, an often overlooked marketability area is surgical case coordination and communication.

Surgery coordination is an ever-changing, laborious process that requires diligent communication and oversight. There are many unique circumstances that can impact the case or cause it to change. From missing paperwork and medical devices to last minute scheduling conflicts/delays. When issues or changes occur, it is imperative that everyone involved with the case including nurses, office staff, surgeons, anesthesiologists, vendor reps, and others, are updated. Otherwise, miscommunication can disrupt patient flow by causing case delays or cancellations.

Casetabs announced today that United Surgical Partners International (USPI) has selected Casetabs to aid in case coordination for its ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). Casetabs' cloud-based surgery coordination application will provide USPI-designated ASCs with an intuitive, central hub for all case-related communication and collaboration, digital surgery boards and physician office connectivity.

Casetabs, the pioneer surgery coordination application, announces the launch of a native mobile app for the iPhone. With this new release, Casetabs is further setting the standard for surgery coordination and communication for physician offices, ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and hospitals. The addition of a native mobile app offers iPhone users even faster, more reliable access to case information.

Every year the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) hosts one of the most influential annual conferences in the healthcare industry. This is a big extravaganza that's focused on health information technology (IT). The 2017 meeting that concluded in Orlando this week had more than 40,000 attendees, an exhibit hall so vast it was impossible to see from one end to the other and an agenda that covered the gamut of issues in healthcare.