Welcome to Anaesthetic Care !
Anaesthetic Care was established by a small group of Sydney based private hospital anaesthetists who identified the need to improve the efficiency and convenience for both patients and anaesthetists during the pre-operative planning stage. Proper pre-operative preparation by both the patient and the anaesthetist is highly critical in minimising the risks associated with any operation, yet it is often a stage that produces the most inconvenience, inefficiency and lack of information for both the patient and the anaesthetist.
Examples of such situations include:
- Phoning patients at an inconvenient time resulting in an incomplete health assessment and frustrated patients;
- Reluctantly ringing patients at night for those who could not be contacted during the day;
- Missing patients’ phone calls to discuss their concerns, which could partially have been alleviated if alternative messaging options were available;
- Spending too much time on phone calls which could be better utilised in planning;
- Having difficulties in reading medical records handwritten by oneself or personal assistants;
- Not providing patients with sufficient information on anaesthetics and on patient obligations prior to their operation due to timing constraints;
- Not sufficiently initiating IFC and providing fee quotations;
Anaesthetic Care attempts to solve all of the above. It is a one-stop portal that provides convenience, efficiency, and better communication for both patients and anaesthetists. Anaesthetic Care provides:
- General background information on anaesthetics for patients to read and prepare for the operation;
- Pre-operative e-questionnaire which can be filled in by patients, and reviewed by anaesthetists, both at their own convenient time;
- Provide to the patient background information on anaesthetist’s fees as well as opportunity to request a quote;
- Patient experience surveys for patients to fill in anonymously after their operation;
- Messaging system that enables patients to contact their anaesthetist at any time;
- Provides a platform for patients to pay online or on any mobile device.
Anaesthetic Care aims to become the online solution for pre-operative planning by helping anaesthetists move into the digital era. If you are an anaesthetist, using Anaesthetic Care not only provides convenience and efficiency, but you will also observe:
- More detailed responses from the patients to the e-questionnaire than through phone calls;
- A quicker review and response time, and hence your provision of medical advice;
- Greater understanding and appreciation of anaesthetics and anaesthetists by the patients resulting in better pre-operative preparation by the patient;
- Higher participation rate for requesting fee quotes;
- Increased responses to patient experience feedback for CPD purposes;
- and most importantly, zero frustrated patients.
If you are an anaesthetist, you can find more information about how to join here.
Contact Information
You may contact us via email at admin@anaesthetic.care or via post at:
Anaesthetic CarePO BOX 7235
Alexandria NSW 2015
AUSTRALIA
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