Bluespier Theatre Manager is the only theatre system of its kind to effectively combine comprehensive and detailed clinical functionality with necessary theatre administration functions.   It delivers effective and efficient theatre management for Trusts, hospitals, complexes or individual theatres whilst also giving clinical users the ability to capture and retrieve relevant and detailed clinical data.   This flexible combination not only delivers control to theatre managers but also benefits doctors, nurses, secretaries and all other administrative and support staff.
 

Proven track record

Bluespier Theatre Manager is a proven system with installations across the globe.  Subject to a process of continuous improvement based on user feedback, technology trends, regulatory and reporting requirements, it remains consistently relevant and responsive to the changing demands for user-friendly, clinically focused theatre systems that also deliver the operational information required by theatre and hospital management.
 

Patient tracking and capturing of schedule variances

Bluespier Theatre Manager automatically tracks the patient from ward to theatre and back to ward, capturing each occasion when the patient passes through designated points.  This ensures all staff have a clear view of patient progress and prepare accordingly.  Patient tracking can be managed with compatible hand–held scanners and barcodes on patient wristbands, or through manual time entry.

Late starts, late finishes, cancellations and other variations from schedule are easy to capture by selecting appropriate reasons from drop down lists.  This data, coupled with patient tracking, provides theatre managers with accurate information about theatre utilisation, the location of potential ‘blockages’ in the system, reasons for variation from the schedule and also assists with resource planning.

Meaningful clinical data capture

Bluespier Theatre Manager uses terms and titles that are meaningful to clinicians, which in turn link to clinical assessments related to specific surgical procedures or stages of a surgical event.    The selected assessments present the user with a series of questions and answers that can be chosen with the click of a mouse.
 
Thousands of pre-loaded assessments including operation notes, nursing and anaesthetic assessments simplify the data capture process and ensure the presentation of meaningful information.  In addition, registry data is automatically captured within these assessments, minimising the effort required to submit returns for registries such as Surgical Site Infections, the National Joint Register and National Vascular data set.

Clinical terms and titles are pre-coded so that coding is automatic, accurate and consistent and generated at source as the clinician captures data during the course of his/her normal work routine.

Associated documents such as operation notes and anaesthetic records are produced automatically with data easily accessible for further audit and research.

In addition, it is possible to link Theatre Manager with Bluespier Patient Manager in order to draw on Pre-Assessment data and other clinical data relevant to the patient care pathway.

Improves operational efficiency

Bluespier Theatre Manager is highly intuitive and simple to use with no in-depth training required.

The system is informative at an operational level, offering easy access to critical management data resulting in improved theatre efficiency.
 
Vital data is captured as part of the normal work routine for all clinical and administrative staff.  Consequently, significant amounts of management information, including theatre utilisation, cancellation and stock monitoring, are automatically collected as a by-product of system use.
 
The system is able to track and manage patients through theatre and back to the ward, clearly showing where patients are at any time.

The system allows simple scheduling from waiting lists to available theatre slots.

Bluespier Theatre Manager is integrated with the trauma board and CEPOD lists, providing full visibility of all emergencies.

Accurate, credible data to all staff

As data is entered by those who understand and have a vested interest in getting it right, for example when completing operation notes or tracking patients through the theatre complex, the quality and accuracy of input are high.  Management decisions are therefore based on sound, credible information.

Simple reporting puts users in control

An in-built report writing tool allows both clinical and administrative users to extract the data they need in the format they require.  Creating reports, such as KPI data, is a simple, straightforward process and can be exported to Word or Excel for further reporting or analysis.

Transparent costs

Bluespier offers fixed installation and implementation costs and in addition provides ongoing maintenance, support, training and upgrades at a fixed fee.  This assists in budgeting and ensures there are no hidden ‘surprises’ to effectively implementing and running the system.
 

HL7 compliance and compatibility with existing hospital systems

Bluespier Theatre Manager is HL7 compliant and able to interface with existing hospital systems, including PAS, at a variety of levels for uni-directional and bi-directional data exchange.