One process for surgery and anaesthesia
Before an operation, two specialties provide patient education – often with duplicate questionnaires and separate appointments. medudoc combines both in one questionnaire, one patient education video and one consent sheet. The consent discussion takes place on site or by telemedicine.
One questionnaire instead of two
Surgery and anaesthesia ask the same – medudoc asks only once
Before a cholecystectomy, both specialties ask many of the same questions. medudoc combines them in one questionnaire per procedure, supplemented by specialty-specific questions.
Surgical questionnaire
- Pre-existing conditions
- Medication
- Allergies
- Previous operations
- Symptoms and history
Anaesthesia questionnaire
- Pre-existing conditions
- Medication
- Allergies
- Previous operations
- Previous anaesthesia, airway
One questionnaire: cholecystectomy
- Pre-existing conditionsShared
- MedicationShared
- AllergiesShared
- Previous operationsShared
- Symptoms and historySurgery
- Previous anaesthesia, airwayAnaesthesia
- Each item recorded only once
- No contradictory duplicate entries
- One data set for both specialties
Joint patient education
One case, one video, one document
Two specialties provide patient education, each under its own responsibility. medudoc combines both in one process without blurring responsibilities.
One case in the HCP Dashboard
Surgery and anaesthesia see the same information. Each specialty reviews its part; anaesthesia classifies the risk, surgery determines the procedure.
One video for procedure and anaesthesia
medudoc assembles the personalised patient education video from short sequences. Shared content such as preparation and the sequence on the day of surgery appears only once.
One consent sheet across specialties
Surgical and anaesthesiological patient education are combined in one bilingual document. Physicians add annotations before signature.
Joint or separate discussions
Your hospital decides per procedure whether both specialties hold one joint consent discussion or separate ones. medudoc supports both models.
Evidence
Shorter consent discussions in visceral surgery
University Hospital Würzburg compared video-assisted and conventional surgical patient education. With video, the median physician discussion time before cholecystectomy and colon resection fell significantly. Patient understanding and satisfaction were high in both groups.
- physician discussion time before cholecystectomy (median 1.5 instead of 8.1 min)
- −81%
- physician discussion time before colon resection (median 3.3 instead of 11.9 min)
- −72%
University Hospital Würzburg · Leicht SGPD, Schuetze L, Lock JF, Germer CT, Wagner JC. World J Surg 2026; 50(10): 2866. DOI 10.1002/wjs.70561
On site or by telemedicine
The consent discussion where it fits
The physician decides, depending on the procedure and risk profile, whether a telemedical consent discussion is sufficient. Both paths start with the same preparation at home.
Consent discussion by phone or video
For planned procedures with low risk, when the physician considers a telemedical consent discussion sufficient.
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Record the medical history for surgery and anaesthesia at home
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Review and approve the case in the HCP Dashboard
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Watch the patient education video and read the consent sheet at home
Consent discussion by phone or video
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Sign electronically in the browser
No additional appointment in the outpatient clinic.
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In the outpatient clinic, well prepared
For complex procedures, pre-existing conditions or when an examination is needed.
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Record the medical history for surgery and anaesthesia at home
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Notable information flagged in the HCP Dashboard
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Watch the patient education video at home in advance
Discussion and examination in the outpatient clinic
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Sign electronically on a tablet or signature pad
The discussion starts informed instead of from scratch.
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One document for both specialties
The result is the consent sheet as a PDF/A with the consent trail and medical history in the appendix – archived audit-proof and transferred to the HIS.
Benefits
Relief for surgery, anaesthesia and patients
For surgery
- Medical history complete before the consultation begins
- Patients know the procedure and risks from the video
- Shorter consent discussions with high understanding
- Complete consent trail – who viewed and signed what, and when
For anaesthesia
- The same information, no second questionnaire
- Metrics calculated, notable information flagged
- Anaesthesia technique in the same video and sheet
- Telemedical consent discussion where medically appropriate
For patients
- One questionnaire instead of two
- Understand the procedure and anaesthesia calmly at home
- Watch the video and read the sheet with family members
- Patient education content in 23 languages
Consent sheets
Patient education content for general surgery
The medudoc medical editorial team creates consent sheets and patient education videos for general surgical procedures and reviews them at least once a year. Each sheet can be combined with the matching anaesthesia technique into one document.
Hernia surgery
Inguinal, umbilical, incisional and diaphragmatic hernias.
Gallbladder, stomach and pancreas
Upper abdominal procedures.
Colon and rectum
Colorectal surgery and proctology.
Thyroid and parathyroid
Endocrine surgery of the neck.
References
Voices from surgery
“For patients, it is excellent that they can take the consultation home with them, and the older patients in particular are delighted.”
Dr. med. Moritz SparnSenior Physician in the Department of General, Visceral, Endocrine and Transplant Surgery, hoch Health Ostschweiz (ehemals Kantonsspital St. Gallen)“medudoc proves to be an easy-to-set-up system that frees us doctors, as users, from redundant administrative tasks, creates legal certainty and demonstrates high satisfaction among doctors and patients.”
Prof. Dr. Jan WalterChief Physician, Neurosurgery, Klinikum Saarbrücken
Knowledge
More on joint patient education
The workflow before surgery
- Digital medical historyOne questionnaire for surgery and anaesthesia – adaptive, with medication by photo and upload of findings.Learn more
- Validation & risk assessmentRisk factors and key figures for each case, prepared for medical assessment.Learn more
- Patient education videoPersonalised patient education videos for each procedure, with subtitles and a reading version.Learn more
- Digital consent sheetPatient-specific consent sheet with electronic signature.Learn more
- Consent discussionOn site or telemedical – prepared by video and consent sheet.Learn more
- Documentation & archivingComplete consent trail and audit-proof archiving as PDF/A.Learn more
See joint patient education in your process
In a demo, we show you how surgery and anaesthesia work with one questionnaire, one video and one document – on site or by telemedicine.