Automated post-anesthesia clinical documentation
Manual documentation and charting take valuable time away from patient care. Automated data displays information supports workflows and helps identify patterns in data for one continuous patient record.
Picis PACU Manager’s platform allows efficient patient documentation of assessments, scores, treatments and other physiological variables that support clinical workflow, add to the patients’ living record and helps care providers respond to patterns in data. PACU Manager makes clinicians an integral part of the patient journey by helping clinicians spend less time charting and more time on direct patient care.
Key features:
- Utilize or edit treatment documentation, standard scores and assessment findings, including care documentation prompting
- Fluid management populated by device data
- Dynamically generate operational and quality reports
- Configure screen layouts, data presentation and reports to meet the needs of any specialized care delivery requirement
- Utilize forms builder for customizable clinical printouts, including demographic and medication data
- Collect patient information from PACU monitors, ventilators, laboratory systems, hospital information systems (HIS) and other medical devices
Support for patient care documentation standards
- Access to standard care protocols—including key assessments, treatments, scores, laboratory results and medications
- Establish procedure-based recovery protocols that prompt staff to document necessary assessments, interventions, and requirements throughout the PACU stay
- Increase compliance with regulatory requirements and minimize liability exposure with problem-oriented charting, nursing practice guideline or nursing diagnosis format and opt to chart by exception
Clear visibility to fluids and medications
- Automatically records and displays fluids and medications documentation
- Integrates with intravenous (IV) pumps helping to provide near real-time information for informed decision making
- Correlate hemodynamic parameters with medication administration
PACU Manager Frequently Asked Questions
What is Picis PACU Manager?
Picis PACU Manager is a clinical documentation system tailored for post‑anesthesia care units. It automates patient documentation by aggregating device data and clinical information into a single, continuous record, enabling clinicians to spend less time charting and more time delivering hands-on care.
What core features does PACU Manager offer?
- Automated device data capture: Connects with monitors, ventilators, IV pumps, HIS, and labs to collect vital signs, fluid intake/output, and medications in real time.
- Intuitive clinical documentation: Uses standard and customizable assessment scores, treatment documentation, and care prompts tailored to PACU workflows.
- Advanced fluid management: Automatically calculates and displays fluid balance summaries to support clinical decision‑making.
- Powerful data correlation and visualization: Trend graphs link physiologic parameters with treatments and outcomes to facilitate fast decisions.
- Configurable views and templates: Customize screen layouts, documentation templates, and reports for different patient types (neonatal, pediatric, adult) or institutional workflows.
- Remote access: Clinicians can view and document PACU records remotely, enabling flexibility and continuity of care.
- Seamless perioperative integration: Shares data with other modules in the Picis perioperative suite (Preop, OR, Critical Care Manager), enabling continuity from pre‑op through recovery.
How does PACU Manager support documentation standards and compliance?
It provides a library of recommended best‑practice assessments, scores, treatments, and protocols. Recovery workflows can be matched to procedures, with prompts for mandatory assessments and interventions. Charting can follow formats such as problem-oriented, nursing practice guidelines, or chart-by-exception to improve compliance and reduce liability.
Who benefits from using PACU Manager?
- PACU nurses and clinicians: Reduce manual charting by leveraging prompt‑driven documentation and automatic data capture.
- Hospital leadership: Streamlined workflows, higher data accuracy, and improved compliance monitoring enhance operational quality.
- Quality & IT teams: Benefits include structured reporting, audit support, and device integration across the perioperative environment.
How does PACU Manager improve clinical efficiency?
- Drastically reduces time spent on repetitive charting and fluid calculations.
- Facilitates consistent hand‑off communication through shared visuals and summary views.
- Enables better decision support by correlating medication administration, pain scores, and physiological data.
Can PACU Manager be customized to specific environments or specialties?
Yes. Screen layouts, templates, reports, and even prompting logic can be fully configured, whether for neonatal, pediatric, or adult care. This flexibility ensures fit with institutional workflows and care standards.
Does PACU Manager integrate with other systems?
Absolutely. It interfaces with hospital information systems (HIS), laboratories, monitoring devices, ventilators, IV pumps, and other Picis perioperative modules. This ensures continuity of data from pre‑op to PACU and beyond.
How does PACU Manager support quality reporting and analytics?
It dynamically generates operational and quality reports, including fluid balance, compliance audits, and more. Automated generation of custom reports helps organizations meet regulatory requirements effectively.
