BOSTON, April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- Caresyntax, a company dedicated to making surgery
smarter and safer by delivering actionable insights with its
enterprise-grade digital surgery platform, announced today that it
has been selected by the American Board of Surgery (ABS) as one of
three partners to provide a platform for its video-based assessment
pilot program.
Caresyntax's platform analyzes large volumes of video, audio,
images, device data, clinical and operational data in and around
the OR, and conveniently delivers real-world evidence that can be
used immediately by the care team as well as other critical
stakeholders including patient safety and operations. This
capability to manage, review, and improve from surgical data will
help ABS investigate the use of video-based assessment as a
potential option to enhance the Continuous Certification Program
for board certified surgeons.
"The ABS is very pleased to announce this pilot," said ABS Chair
Dr. John D. Mellinger. "VBA has been
increasingly attested in our literature as a potentially scalable
way to assess surgical technical skill and its correlation with
patient outcomes. The pilot will allow us to begin to explore the
feasibility of VBA as a vehicle for formative skill assessment and
improvement for the practicing surgeon. Other potential downstream
outcomes include establishing a foundation for coaching and
aspiration to mastery strategies as a component of professional
culture."
Through the pilot program, at least 100 surgeons will upload
videos from operations they perform, and these videos will be
reviewed by fellow surgeons. This cloud-based surgical quality
monitoring will allow colleagues to conveniently provide both
quantitative and qualitative formative feedback during the
peer-review process.
Caresyntax was selected for its ability to generate assessment
reports for surgeons that include video snapshots along with
coaching comments, and a list of scores. Surgeons who are reviewed
can click on their video footage and review it directly from the
report. Additionally, Caresyntax offers real-time notification to
both the surgeon who performed a procedure and the surgeon who will
review it once the procedure video is ready for assessment.
"No other medical specialty boards currently require video-based
assessment, but incorporating video assessments with other key data
points is the best way to ensure that surgeons refine, improve, and
maintain the skills needed to make surgery smarter and safer," said
Dennis Kogan, Caresyntax founder and
CEO. "We applaud the American Board of Surgery for its leadership
in incorporating the latest technology to better assess providers'
qualifications."
"Part of the power of our platform is not just the ability to
capture team and procedural videos, but also to marry it to patient
outcomes," said Dr. Michael Woods, a
board certified surgeon and the Chief Medical Officer of
Caresyntax. "The system was designed from the ground up to manage
all aspects of surgical care."
The pilot program will begin in June
2021 and conclude by the end of the calendar year. This
collaboration will assess the feasibility of full implementation in
the future.
About Caresyntax
Caresyntax is on a mission to make surgery smarter and safer.
Our enterprise-grade digital surgery platform delivers actionable
insights to improve patient outcomes by using proprietary software
and AI to analyze large volumes of video, audio, images, device
data, clinical and operational data in and around the OR. This real
world evidence can be used by the care team live, during a
procedure and accessed by those outside the operating room via the
platform's dedicated telehealth link. After a procedure, the
Caresyntax platform provides insights that help: surgeons benchmark
and improve their care, hospital administrators use surgical
resources more efficiently, medical device companies advance better
products, and insurance companies understand risk and devise more
tailored policies. Headquartered in Boston, Caresyntax software is used in more
than 4,000 operating rooms worldwide and supports surgical teams in
over two million procedures per year. For more information, visit
us at www.Caresyntax.com.
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