SEARCH
Log In
C-SATS (www.csats.com), a venture-backed health care technology company on a mission to empower the nation’s healthcare institutions so they can appraise and facilitate surgical performance improvement accurately and objectively, today announced that Adventist Health System has implemented a new and innovative approach to tele-coaching based upon C-SATS.
C-SATS enables surgeons to connect for private one-on-one coaching sessions with some of the most experienced surgeons in the world. The surgeon and coach review the objective video-based appraisal from C-SATS in advance so they can focus on specific findings and recommendations for improvement. The result is a more effective, efficient and less time-consuming learning session for both mentor and mentee.
“C-SATS tele-mentoring is not only valuable today for the practice of medicine and surgery, but it also will have long-lasting impact on how we train future physicians. The opportunity to use data from inter-operative video appraisals during the online coaching session is unique and much better than traditional coaching,” said Dr. Robert Cerfolio, Professor of Surgery and chief of the Section of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
This latest C-SATS-Adventist Health System collaboration follows the recent deployment of C-SATS’ cutting-edge solution for continuous quality improvement in the area of robotic surgery at seven Adventist Health System hospitals.
With 46 hospital campuses, nearly 8,300 licensed beds in 10 states and more than 4.7 million patients annually, Adventist Health System believes the benefits of using C-SATS to help assess and improve robotic surgical performance via tele-mentoring, simulation curriculum, and recommended peer group videos will yield measurable and sustainable improvements in both surgical performance and patient safety.
“The C-SATS tele-mentoring platform is different from other forms of online coaching because a mentee's case is appraised by reviewers around the world in advance of the procedure so that when the tele-mentoring session happens both parties know what to focus on,” said Dr. Thomas Lendvay, Chief Medical Officer, C-SATS. “We are on a mission to provide surgeons with a tool to continue to improve surgical technique, without having to take time out of clinical responsibilities or the operating room. Every surgeon has the capability to improve. And, from the most senior practitioner to the junior partners, we must show them we can help them improve their performance.”
Adds Derek Streat, CEO of C-SATS: “Our chief focus at C-SATS is continuous people improvement. There is a multitude of data out there today that shows the impact that a surgeons’ technical skill has on patient outcomes. Our goal is to help surgeons and healthcare leaders understand where their current skill level stands, as measured in an unbiased and objective manner, and then provide them with the necessary resources to improve their skill level, which we believe will ultimately lead to better quality of care for the patients that they serve.”
ABOUT C-SATS
Seattle-based C-SATS, Inc. (www.csats.com) is a venture-backed healthcare technology company on a mission to empower the nation’s healthcare institutions so they can appraise and improve the performance of their surgeons and other professionals continuously, accurately and objectively. Based on technology developed at the University of Washington by a team of surgeons, biostatisticians and engineers, C-SATS’ performance management system utilizes a unique combination of distributed experts and pre-qualified reviewers to evaluate surgical skill. After benchmarking a team and identifying the gaps in performance, C-SATS recommends targeted curriculum to help teams improve and track their performance longitudinally. Medical centers across the U.S. and Canada have completed over one million appraisals via C-SATS for a variety of uses, including continuous quality improvement, residency and training.
ABOUT ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM
Adventist Health System is a faith-based healthcare organization headquartered in Altamonte Springs, Florida. A national leader in quality, safety and patient satisfaction, Adventist Health System's nearly 77,000 employees maintain a tradition of whole-person health by caring for the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of every patient. For more information, please visit: http://www.adventisthealthsystem.com.