Sample pilot metric
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Reduction in PACU escalation events across the reviewed cohort.
Surgical Hospital01
How a regional surgical hospital used pre-op risk surfacing to tighten morning-case review
A six-week modeled pilot for a regional hospital focused on improving pre-op risk synthesis and postoperative escalation visibility.
The Challenge02
The hospital’s anesthesiology leadership felt that the team spent too much of the morning assembling case context from scattered chart sources. Complex medication histories, cardiopulmonary nuance, and prior adverse events were visible in the record but hard to synthesize consistently under time pressure.
The department also had limited confidence that postoperative escalation events were being tied back to the quality of pre-operative preparation. That made it harder to explain where investment in better risk intelligence would actually change outcomes.
The Solution03
Checksalus was scoped as a perioperative risk-synthesis layer for a focused pilot cohort. The output centered on a patient-specific risk profile, driver visibility, and a short planning readout that could be reviewed alongside the team’s existing pre-op workflow.
The pilot emphasized signal prioritization rather than alert volume. Teams wanted a concise escalation of what deserved discussion, not another dashboard that required separate interpretation.
- Patient-specific risk readout before case start
- Driver visibility across cardiopulmonary, bleeding, renal, and anesthesia-relevant factors
- Post-case outcome logging for pilot review
Implementation04
- Week 1-2: workflow scoping, BAA execution, and cohort definition with departmental champions.
- Week 3-4: data validation and display review inside a limited pre-op pilot workflow.
- Week 5-6: active 50-case pilot with retrospective and prospective quality review.
Results05
The figures below are clearly labeled sample pilot and modeled outputs used to illustrate what a focused service-line evaluation can measure before wider deployment.
Modeled impact
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Average pre-op review time saved for flagged high-risk morning cases.
Sample pilot metric
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Clinician agreement that the surfaced risk drivers were operationally useful.
Quote06
“The value was not a flashy score. It was the fact that our team started the day with a clearer shared picture of which cases needed a different conversation.”
Snapshot
Metro Surgical Hospital
Regional hospital with 14 ORs and mixed general, ortho, and vascular volume
Epic + Philips monitoring + anesthesiology quality committee sponsor
50-case pilot cohort across high-risk morning-case blocks
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