AANA Journal vs Anesthesia Touch

The AANA Journal, published bimonthly by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA), is available free of charge as a mobile device app. Notification of the availability of each new issue will appear automatically in the AANA Journal App. Please see the AANA Privacy Policy at https://www.aana.com/aana-privacy-policy

Anesthesia Touch™ is a medical record-keeping application that streamlines the creation of anesthesia documentation. It can be configured to meet the needs of a broad spectrum of anesthesia environments including office-based surgery settings, ambulatory surgery centers, community hospitals, and academic medical centers. Anesthesia Touch™ is built around the unique documentation needs of the perioperative environment: - Quickly create legible, comprehensive documents to support patient care and billing - Easily record medications, fluids, and blocks with a flexible, purpose-built interface - Get reminders to support new documentation practices and to add needed information - Use the iPad's camera to append supporting images to documents, such as Nerve Blocks or PreOp Evaluations - Automatically capture streaming physiologic data to record vital signs (requires separate transmitter connected to patient monitors) - View and send patient records via your facility's configured interfaces, including the facility schedule and outbound billing (requires interfaces with Anesthesia Touch) Common anesthesia documents include the following: - PreOp Evaluation - Anesthesia Consent - Nerve Block Documentation - Procedure Notes - Anesthesia Record - Transfer Checklist - Post Anesthesia Evaluation Additional document types can be requested. Please note that Anesthesia Touch™ requires a current license for version 4.5 or greater. You will be prompted for your site's URL to authenticate and setup the application. Please contact your administrative staff for connection information. Anesthesia Touch™ requires an internet connection to the reach its cloud application, maintained by Coronis Health. All communication between the iOS application and the cloud environment follow best practices for information security and integrity. For more information on firewall configuration, please reach out to our team at anesthesiatouch@coronishealth.com.