NHS England: Perioperative digital playbook

Summary

This resource provides support to clinical teams and organisations that are looking for digital tools that support the delivery of patient pathways. It focuses on perioperative pathways and how to share diagnostics and deliver monitoring and support to patients. 

Content

Scenarios

I want to provide digital consent to treatment

Digital solutions to streamline the consent process.

I want to provide perioperative patient education

Remotely support patients to prepare for surgery using digital platforms.

I want to support the physical and mental health needs of patients

Digital solutions to improve patient self-management before and after surgery.

I want to provide digital preoperative assessment (POA) for patients

Clinicians and patients could complete preoperative health assessment questionnaires remotely. By recording information in one place it would support the clinical decision making process and improve patient experience.

Perioperative pathway

Explore case studies at different steps along the perioperative pathway