Alrijne Hospital
Implements E-POS
Alrijne launches digital preoperative screening via E-POS
Three surgical locations require maximum coordination
Due to its broad range of care services, Alrijne performs surgeries across three different locations. This requires a careful balance between medical preparation and logistical planning. Preoperative screening plays a central role in this: it is the moment when it is determined what preparation is necessary and whether additional diagnostics or a consultation with the anesthesiologist are required.
Previously, patients routinely visited the outpatient clinic for this screening. Although this process was carefully structured, for many patients it meant an extra hospital visit and additional travel time, even when a physical appointment ultimately proved unnecessary.
To make the pathway more efficient and patient-friendly, Alrijne redesigned the screening process, using digital support as its foundation.
Joint redesign of the process
To ensure that care could maintain the same high standard of quality, a project group was established in which we at NovaCair worked closely together with the Department of Anesthesiology and outpatient clinic staff. Together, they determined what the future screening process should look like, which bottlenecks could be resolved, and how digital support could be optimally integrated.
An important aspect of this was ensuring that patients with specific conditions or procedures are scheduled at the correct location within Alrijne, even within the digital process.
E-POS as a foundation: validated triage and targeted deployment of care
The Department of Anesthesiology at Alrijne is therefore launching E-POS, NovaCair's digital preoperative screening software. Using a validated triage algorithm, E-POS assists healthcare providers in carefully determining which patients require an additional consultation, which patients can be prepared digitally in a safe manner, and which additional diagnostics are appropriate.
As a result, physical consultations are deployed more purposefully, and healthcare professionals gain faster, more structured insight into relevant patient information. At the same time, patients only come to the hospital when medically necessary, which ensures fewer unnecessary outpatient visits, time savings, more efficient use of care capacity, and a further reduction of the ecological footprint.
With E-POS, patients complete their screening largely from home, at their own pace and in their own language, while personal attention remains guaranteed for those who require extra guidance. With this step, Alrijne combines digital innovation with person-centered care: a future-proof development where quality, efficiency, and patient orientation come together, supported by NovaCair and E-POS.
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