Here’s what you should know.
1. ASA invested in the company because it provides data processing tools to the Anesthesia Quality Institute as well as the ASA’s Perioperative Surgical Home Collaborative.
2. EPreop’s tools help coordinate surgical care, while standardizing data capture. The software then aggregates and normalizes the data to create benchmarks.
3. In 2017, ePreop’s SurgicalValent and AnesthesiaValet each processed more than 11 million surgical procedures. Both platforms are supported in EHRs, including Cerner, Epic, Allscripts and Meditech, among others.
4. The investment ensures ASA will have a working relationship with ePreop. An ASA representative will also hold a spot on ePreop’s board of directors.
ASA President James Grant, MD, said, “In order to continually improve care for patients as well as successfully submit quality data to the CMS Quality Payment Program, ASA needs to provide information and services to its members that will help them be leaders in their quality improvement processes. ASA’s investment in ePreop guarantees a continued, positive relationship with a company that has proven its agility and distinction in a complex and fast-moving market.”
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