The Patient’s experience

• Patients value the simplicity, safety and convenience of wide awake surgery,
• Patients can eat and take their daily medications like normal before surgery.
• Patients can drive to and from surgery, and work the same day.
• No need for preoperative blood work, EKG, and medical clearances.
• No need for an accompanying adult.
• The ability to engage with the surgeon during their surgery.
• Less pain post operatively with reduced opiate exposure.
• No postoperative sedation or anesthesia recovery time and avoidance of common complications including nausea, dizziness, etc.
• Saving facility and anesthesia professional fees. Instead of three bills to the patient, only fees due to the surgeon.
• The office environment is less stressful than the main OR.
• Access to VR technology during surgery to reduce anxiety levels and enhance the surgical experience.

The Surgeon’s experience

• Wide awake surgery delivers more control of their delivery of surgical care.
• Wide awake surgery avoids the bureaucracy, rules, and access issues prevalent in traditional operating rooms.
• Wide awake surgery helps mitigate a surgeon’s staff time securing preoperative blood work, EKG, and medical clearances.
• Access to VR technology allows surgeons to occupy their patients during surgery while also conveniently educating them on their postoperative recovery.

The Payer’s experience

• Payers can provide greater access to surgical care for their patient members.
• Payers can avoid facility fees and anesthesia professional fees.
• Payers can avoid engaging with and paying for overly complex healthcare costs for low complex procedures that should be done in the office.