Well prepared for anaesthesia – together with the parents

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   1. Access via QR code or link

   Parents start via the QR code on the leaflet, the link on the hospital website or the invitation sent with the appointment confirmation.

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   2. Medical history for the child

   Parents enter their child’s pre-existing conditions, medications and allergies and upload existing medical reports.

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   3. Patient education video at home

   Parents watch the personalised patient education video at their own pace, together with their child if they wish. They mark questions for the consent discussion.

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   4. Consent discussion

   The discussion takes place on site or telemedically. Whether a telemedical consent discussion is sufficient is decided by the physician, depending on the procedure and risk profile.

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   5. Consent as legal representatives

   Parents sign the consent for their child electronically – in the browser or on a signature pad.

After approval, parents receive the surgery preparation plan with appointment and fasting rules, with reminders by email or text message.

• Articles & guides

  Six factors that influence patient understanding in preoperative patient education

  Six factors influence how well patients understand preoperative patient education: the complexity of the medical information, the way it is presented, level of education and cognitive abilities, anxiety and stress before surgery, time pressure in medical practice and language barriers. Visual, clearly prepared and multilingual content that patients can watch calmly in advance improves understanding.

  October 15, 2026 · 4 min read
• Law & regulation

  SES, AES or QES for surgical informed consent — which eIDAS level is legally sound? A factual assessment for hospitals in the DACH region.

  For standard surgical informed consent, medical law in Germany and Austria does not prescribe a specific signature level. An advanced electronic signature (AES) is generally sufficient if it is embedded in a complete consent trail. The qualified electronic signature (QES) is the appropriate instrument for clinical trials under the AMG or MPDG, or where required by compliance or the liability insurer. A simple electronic signature (SES) — such as a finger signature on a tablet without proof of identity — is in principle not sufficient under medical law.

  October 9, 2026 · 11 min read
• News

  Digital pre-anaesthesia: why 2026 is becoming a turning point for preoperative workflows

  Preoperative processes rarely fail for lack of tools, but because existing processes are merely mapped digitally instead of being redesigned. At DMEA 2026, medudoc presented a new platform generation that combines digital medical history, capture of findings, individualised video-assisted patient education and electronic consent in one continuous workflow. This turns the pre-anaesthesia clinic from a bottleneck into a unit that can be planned.

  March 30, 2026 · 7 min read

• Patient intakeAccess via QR code, website link or appointment confirmation – no app, no new password.Learn more
• Digital medical historyOne questionnaire for surgery and anaesthesia – adaptive, with medication by photo and upload of findings.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
• Premedication & handoverPremedication with fully prepared cases, followed by handover to the HIS via FHIR.Learn more