ABSTRACT
Means of information technology can achieve information sharing and optimize the management process, and tackle the challenges encountered in the process of ophthalmic day surgery, namely surgery appointment, patient education, ward management and patient follow-up. The authors analyzed the current situation and challenges of day surgeries at an ophthalmic hospital, and presented its practices in building and using the day ophthalmic surgery informationized management system by such information technology means as cloud computation, artificial intelligence and face recognition. This system comprised the day surgery pre-hospitalization management system, Internet platform for wards, follow-up management platform, electronic medical archiving of day surgery, and specialized nursing robot for day surgery process. As compared with the data one year before and after the system in place, the rate of missed surgery, unplanned secondary surgery and patient satisfaction before and after, fell from 2.40% and 0.24% before to 1.00% and 0.08% after. In addition, patient satisfaction increased from 94.5% before to 99.1% after. All the differences were significant statistically( P<0.01). This system can help patients in medical access, and ensure the medical safety and efficiency of day surgeries, serving as a good reference for ophthalmic departments of other hospitals in building their informationized system for ophthalmic day surgeries.