Incision

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NHS Problem

Incision’s Assist helps to tackle the ever-growing surgical backlog and increasing inefficiencies within operating theatres by improving productivity and increasing surgical capacity whilst also reducing the onboarding time of new starts, increasing wellbeing amongst perioperative staff reducing surgical waste and improving sustainability efforts within theatres.

The Solution

Incision Assist informs, aligns and empowers the full perioperative team to ensure operations and operative lists are completed as efficiently as possible.

Assist digitises surgeon preferences, set-up, materials, surgical steps and communication through image, video and VR and makes the information accessible 24/7 through an application and desktop offering.

Assist lends itself to multiple challenges in the NHS currently faces across backlog, productivity and workforce training/retention.

The solution has proven to:

  • Reduce operative time by 10%
  • 15% faster turnaround time
  • 17% faster onboarding of new starts
  • 100% happier perioperative workforce
  • Reduction in clinical waste

Impact

  • Increases theatre capacity/throughput to include one more patient daily in high-volume low complexity theatres
  • 17% faster onboarding of new starts
  • Reduction in redundant days
  • Reduction in additional staffing requirements