CARDIAC SURGERY DOCUMENTATION
CARDIAC SURGERY DOCUMENTATION
EMROI helps cardiac surgery programs generate consistent, accurate, procedure- specific visual operative notes, delivering the right version to the surgeon, referring physician, care team, registry team, and patient.
Before electronic records, operative notes often included illustrations that helped communicate what was done. As documentation moved into electronic systems, that visual clarity was largely lost.
Today’s operative notes are usually dictated or typed as free text. They vary by surgeon, require interpretation, and often leave others in the care chain asking for clarification.
EMROI was developed by Dr. Syed T. Raza, a practicing cardiac surgeon at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, after years of seeing the same documentation problem firsthand.
Instead of dictating a free-text note, the surgeon answers procedure-specific structured questions. EMROI uses those answers to generate a procedure-accurate anatomical illustration and assemble a complete operative note.
The result is a standardized, illustrated record of the operation — created at the point of care and delivered automatically to the people who need it.
Dr. Raza built EMROI because he was experiencing the documentation problem firsthand — inside the OR, every single day. Every surgeon documented differently. Every note required interpretation. The care chain downstream was left piecing together what happened from dense, inconsistent free-text.
EMROI began as a solution to his own documentation problem — and has since evolved into a platform serving the entire cardiac care chain at one of the world’s leading cardiac surgery programs.
Our software guides the cardiac surgeon through a structured documentation workflow at the point of care — and produces a complete, illustrated operative note delivered to every stakeholder.
The surgeon completes a guided, procedure - specific workflow using structured dropdowns all using STS - aligned terminology.
EMROI creates a procedure - specific anatomical illustration based on the surgeon’s selections.
The platform assembles one illustrated operative note, with structured content that can serve multiple readers.
The note is delivered to the appropriate recipients - including referring physicians and care team members - without requiring a portal login.
Empowering every member of the surgical and post-operative journey with clarity.
A readable visual record of their surgery supports follow-up care and future conversations with clinicians.
A faster, more consistent way to document what actually happened in the OR.
Standardized documentation means cleaner records, improved registry readiness, and better operational oversight.
A clear, illustrated summary reduces calls to the OR and helps downstream clinicians understand exactly what was done.
Start with a 30-minute live demo — real procedure data, real workflow, no slides.
