Streamlining preoperative workflow at the point of care
Surgical delays and cancellations can dramatically affect patient care and result in lost revenue. By streamlining preoperative workflow at the point of care, facilities have access to more timely and complete assessments, saving clinical staff time and providing potential cost savings for the hospital.
Picis Preop Manager is a clinical decision support solution used at Pre-Admission Testing (PAT) appointments to ensure all proper patient data is gathered in one place in preparation for surgery including specific risk assessments, medical history, previous surgeries, completed tests, signed consents and surgical readiness. Intuitive preoperative checklist management facilitates better adherence to evidence and consensus-based preoperative assessments and quality of patient care.
Key features:
- Integrates with patient admission and lab systems
- Utilize configurable content – build surgery specific assessments
- Copy existing pre-assessment patient information forward
- Easily print day of surgery instructions for patients
- Capture and document patient history and physical findings during preop assessment
Preop Manager Frequently Asked Questions
What is Picis Preop Manager?
Picis Preop Manager is a clinical decision support solution designed for the Pre-Admission Testing (PAT) process. It automates and centralizes preoperative workflows—capturing patient history, risk assessments, consent forms, and surgical readiness in one unified system
What are the key benefits of using Preop Manager?
- Prevents surgery delays and cancellations by ensuring comprehensive pre-op assessments are completed on time
- Saves clinician time, reduces duplicate documentation, and supports cost-effective care delivery
- Enhances communication across care teams by providing a single source of preoperative information accessible to all clinicians
What core features does Preop Manager offer?
- EHR and lab integration: Automatically imports patient demographics, test results, and historical data
- Configurable assessments: Enables customization of surgery‑specific questionnaires, checklists, and anesthesia risk forms
- Forwarding prior evaluations: Allows copying previous pre-assessment data to reduce redundant Day-of-surgery instructions: Easily generates and prints patient‑specific instructions and educational materials
- Checklist tracking: Intuitive preoperative checklists ensure all required steps—such as consents and test results—are completed before surgery
What clinical information is documented?
Preop Manager consistently captures:
- Surgical and medical history
- Physical exam findings
- Laboratory and diagnostic results
- Signed consents and readiness status
- Structured anesthesia evaluations, including risk discussions and plans
Who benefits from Preop Manager?
- Preoperative clinicians and nurses: Improve accuracy and efficiency of documentation.
- Anesthesia staff: Benefit from structured risk evaluations and decision support prompts.
- Hospital administrators and quality teams: Gain better compliance monitoring and reduced day-of-surgery cancellations.
- IT and integration teams: Appreciate its interoperability with admission, lab, and other perioperative systems
How does Preop Manager enhance workflow efficiency?
- Minimizes manual redundancies by pre-populating patient info and forwarding prior assessments.
- Smart checklists highlight missing items or inconsistencies before day-of surgery.
- Clinicians can quickly review and complete assessments using predefined forms and drop-downs.
Can Preop Manager be used in different care settings?
Yes — it supports usage across multiple outpatient and perioperative contexts: pre-op clinics, day surgery centers, physician offices, anesthesiologist consultation rooms, and operating suites
What decision-support capabilities are included?
Preop Manager provides patient-specific guidance on required diagnostic tests, consults, documentation needs, and educational instructions—helping clinicians ensure each patient is fully prepped for surgery, aligned to established clinical protocols and administrative tasks
Does Preop Manager support continuity across perioperative modules?
Absolutely. It connects seamlessly with other Picis modules (like Anesthesia, OR, and PACU Manager), enabling a continuous, digital patient record from pre-op to operating room through recovery.
