Surgical Procedural Data Dashboards
Smith+Nephew needed a way of transforming complex, procedural data generated from a surgical robot into intuitive dashboards, easily visualised by their customers via web and mobile dashboards.

At a glance
Government grant
S+N secures a Government grant of nearly £700,000 for prototype dashboard software
Intuitive dashboards
One Beyond transforms complex data from a surgical robot into intuitive dashboards
Handling complexity
Team’s ability to handle the complexity is described by S+N as “astonishing”
New insights
New insights benefit surgeons, with access available via the web and mobile devices
Ahead of time
One Beyond finishes beta software project ahead of time
Darren W, Project Manager and Senior Scientist, Smith+Nephew

About Smith+Nephew
The Challenge
Each time S+N’s surgical robot is used in a procedure, it generates rich data. This could offer valuable insights to surgeons into operating performance and outcomes. But only specialist engineers could interpret the data because of its complexity. S+N wanted intuitive dashboards to drive targeted insights and help surgeons. S+N secured a Government grant of nearly £700,000 via Innovate UK into the feasibility of prototype dashboard software for future commercial use.

Our Solution
A closer look at features and benefits
Government-backed project had to meet specific deliverables – and money could only be spent with financially-sound British SME technology companies
Our experience as a Microsoft Azure Cloud service provider, with a direct relationship with Microsoft, was important to S+N
Agile/sprint-based product development approach was S+N’s favoured way of collaborative working
Machine learning solutions also explored – to solve other bottlenecks in the workflow