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Theatre Surgery Workbench
The Surgery Workbench is the central screen for managing all activity related to a single surgery. From one place, staff can see the patient's details, the surgery name, running charge totals, and quickly navigate to add any type of theatre charge — services, medicines, timed services, or professional fees.
- After adding a surgery to an inpatient, to begin recording charges
- During the surgical episode to add services or issue medicines
- After the procedure to add professional fees and review the surgery summary
- Any time you need to review what has been charged against a surgery
TheatreAddSurgery or TheatreBilling
From the Theatre menu:
- Click Theatre → Add Surgeries
- Search for and select the patient
- If a surgery already exists, click on it — the Workbench opens for that surgery
After adding a surgery:
- The Workbench opens automatically when a new surgery is saved
From the Inpatient Dashboard:
- Click the Theatre or Surgery Workbench button on the admission profile
The Surgery Workbench is divided into three panels:
Shows read-only patient and admission information:
- Patient name, age, gender
- Mobile number, NIC
- BHT number, room, discharge status
- Surgery name (procedure)
- Surgery start and end times (once recorded)
When a surgery is selected, the action buttons appear:
| Button | Action |
|---|---|
| Add Services & Investigations | Charge theatre services to this surgery |
| Direct Issue Medicines | Issue pharmacy items to this surgery |
| Add Timed Services | Record duration-based charges (OT time, etc.) |
| Add Professional Fees | Add surgeon, assistant, or anaesthetist fees |
| View Professional Fees List | See all professional fee bills for this surgery |
| Clinical Details | Record operative notes and surgical team |
| Edit Surgery | Change the surgery procedure name |
Shows all charges already recorded, organised by type:
| Tab | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Professional Fees | All fee bills with role, doctor name, and amount |
| Timed Services | Timed service records with start/stop times and totals |
| Services | Theatre service items grouped by department |
| Pharmacy Issues | Medicines and consumables issued to this surgery |
The running Bill Total is displayed at the bottom of the summary panel.
Click Add Services & Investigations → the theatre service billing page opens with the surgery pre-loaded. See Adding Theatre Services to a Surgery.
Click Direct Issue Medicines → the pharmacy issue page opens. See Pharmacy Issues for Theatre.
Click Add Timed Services → the timed service entry page opens. See Timed Services in Theatre.
Click Add Professional Fees → the professional fee entry page opens. See Managing Professional Fees.
Click Clinical Details → the clinical details page opens where you can record operative notes, surgery timing, and the surgical team. See Recording Clinical Details.
Click Edit Surgery → you can change the procedure. This is disabled once the admission is finalised.
From the Workbench, you can also navigate to:
- Inpatient Dashboard — return to the full admission profile
- Nursing Workbench — switch to the nursing management screen
- Patient Profile — view the patient's full history
- "Admission has been finalised" — Charges can no longer be added. The patient's bill has been closed.
- Surgery action buttons are hidden when the admission is finalised.
- Use the Surgery Workbench as your starting point for all theatre activity — it keeps all charges visible in one place
- Check the Summary tabs before settling any bill to ensure all charges have been captured
- Record Clinical Details early — operative notes should be entered while the procedure is still fresh