Dairyland Healthcare Solutions announced the introduction of a new product, Surgery Management. Designed specifically for the surgical departments of community hospitals and specialized surgical centers. The application will enable Surgical departments to effectively manage their surgery departments operations, resources and schedules.

Some of the benefits provided by the application include:

• Improved resource management and optimization
• Enhanced flexibility and adaptability to surgeon preferences
• Increased charge capture and billing accuracy
• Simplified inventory management

“A fundamental financial issue in a surgical setting is getting control of the schedule. By controlling the schedule you are able to maximize the efficient use of resources,” said Cindy Helberg, Vice President of Financial Solutions at Dairyland, “Surgery Management enables organizations to manage their surgery departments more cost-effectively through the efficient and optimized scheduling of patients and resources.”

Since each organization manages surgical procedures differently and each surgeon has their own preferences, Surgery Management provides the flexibility to define procedures by organizational standards and/or by surgeon preferences through the Preference Card functionality. Preference Cards identify the resources and preferences for specific procedures including surgical materials, equipment, instructions and setup. They also simplify billing through the creation of charge lists for performed procedures. Upon completion of a procedure, the charge list can be reviewed and modified as needed prior to posting the procedure charges to the patient account. Further, inventory items are depleted based on charge entry.

“We have been using the Surgery Management solution for six months and have become dependent on the product in our Surgical department,” said Sherry Hayden, CFO for Sierra Surgery Hospital, Carson City, Nevada, “The product has dramatically simplified the scheduling and managing our surgeries.”