PODCAST: Helping the VA to Provide Better Perioperative Care
In the following DSS podcast interview, patient safety expert Aileen Killen, the Director of Operational Excellence at LiveData, discusses key patient safety trends and provides insights into LiveData’s PeriOp Manager solution.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) wants to execute its mission of delivering the best quality care for Veterans in the most efficient manner possible. A major focus is the care given to Veterans who require surgery.
LiveData PeriOp Manager is currently supporting the mission at over 50 VA facilities. It is improving OR efficiency, increasing access to surgery, and enhancing surgical safety to drive better outcomes. Combining the functionality of LiveData’s system of engagement with DSS’ VistA bidirectional integration, PeriOp Manager is the most comprehensive and cost-effective solution for managing, documenting, analyzing and improving every step of the perioperative process, from pre-operative patient assessments, through surgery, to discharge to the recovery room.
Aileen Killen, Director of Operational Excellence at LiveData, has held several patient-safety leadership positions in perioperative nursing and clinical services for some of the country’s leading academic medical facilities. These include institutions such as Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York University Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Highlights from our interview include:
Insight into Aileen Killen’s background and why she joined LiveData (:55)
Details about LiveData’s PeriOp Manager, and how a commercial solution like this can effectively be integrated into VA’s perioperative care. (3:00)
A deeper dive into PeriOp Manager’s multi-tiered offerings. (3:55)
Aileen Killen’s thoughts on the future of patient care, and why pretty much every care facility needs a solution like this. (7:50)
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