SurgicalScheduling

This data model communicates information about a patient’s surgical appointment. This includes details like assigned staff, case, and procedure details. These messages may come from an Operating Room (OR) system or from the same scheduling system used for non-surgical appointments.

A surgical appointment gets assigned a case number and patient ID. If the surgical appointment is rescheduled, the case number is usually retained. If the surgical appointment is canceled and later rescheduled, however, a new case number is created.

SurgicalScheduling doesn't include insurance information or preference card data (i.e., a surgeon's list of preferred supplies). Preference card data isn't currently exchanged via a known standard, but you can use the Inventory data model to track used or wasted supplies.

This data model has event types that allow you to:

receive a notification about surgical appointment updates.

EHR support for case tracking

Some EHR systems may support sending coded diagnoses or surgical case tracking data. However, not every EHR system requires a coded diagnosis for the procedure to be scheduled, and not every EHR system supports surgical case tracking, which are events about case progress (e.g., when a patient is in the OR, when the surgery has started, or when anesthesia has been administered). Case tracking can help the OR staff better manage utilization by viewing real-time updates.

Scheduling vs. SurgicalScheduling vs. PatientAdmin data models

There’s some overlap among these data models, but here’s what to expect for each:

The Scheduling data model contains information about outpatient appointments. This may include pre- and post-op office appointments.
The SurgicalScheduling data model contains information about surgical appointments. This contains information besides appointment details, like questionnaire answers from the patient, equipment requirements for the procedure, or in-progress notes about the surgery.
The PatientAdmin data model contains insurance information for appointments or surgical procedures.

Events in SurgicalScheduling

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