Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Perioperative Medicine
Date Submitted: Dec 9, 2020
Date Accepted: Apr 17, 2021
A Surgical Logbook Tool Utilising iOS Shortcuts: A feasibility study
ABSTRACT
Background:
Surgical audit is an essential part of modern reflective surgical practice and is key in improving surgical outcomes. The surgical logbook is an important method of data collection for both personal and unit audit, however current electronic data collection tools, especially mobile applications, lack the minimum recommended data fields.
Objective:
This feasibility study details the creation of a free, effective surgical logbook tool with the iOS Shortcuts application and investigates the time investment required to maintain a surgical logbook with this tool. In addition, we investigate the potential utility of the Shortcuts application in creating medical data collection tools.
Methods:
Utilising the iOS Shortcuts application, we have created a shortcut Operation Note which collects surgical logbook data utilising the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons recommended minimum and extended audit data sets. We assessed feasibility of the tool practically, assessing time requirement for entry, accuracy and completeness of entered data.
Results:
The shortcut collected accurate and useful data for a surgical audit. Data entry took on average 65 seconds per case for the minimum data set, and 135 seconds per case for the extended data set, with a mean difference of 68 seconds (P<0.001 95% CI 61.6-77.7). Data entry was 100 percent complete, with a 0.7% error rate in the minimum data set, and 0.35% error rate in the extended data set.
Conclusions:
This feasibility study demonstrates the utility of the Shortcuts application in the creation of a surgical logbook, and the time-consuming nature of data collection for surgical audit. Our iOS shortcut Operation Note is a free, rapid, and more complete alternative to currently available logbook applications and offers surgical trainees and consultants a method for recording surgical operations, complications and demographic data.
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