How to Integrate Arbrea into Your Consultation

Integrating Arbrea Suite into your plastic surgery consultation process can significantly enhance efficiency, patient communication, and visualization. Whether you have an assistant handling patient intake or you work alone, Arbrea provides a seamless way to incorporate AI-powered simulations into your workflow.

This guide will walk you through the best practices for integrating Arbrea Suite into your consultations, optimizing your time, and even conducting remote consultations with ease.

Mapping Your Consultation Process #

Before integrating Arbrea, it’s essential to analyze and structure your consultation workflow. Ask yourself:

✔ How long is my consultation?
✔ When do I take patient photos?
✔ Do I have an assistant, or am I working alone?

By mapping your process, you can identify where Arbrea can optimize and streamline your workflow.

Optimizing Consultation with an Assistant #

If you have an assistant, Arbrea can speed up patient intake:

1. Patient Arrival & Quick Interview
   • The assistant welcomes the patient and conducts a short interview.
   • During this time, they take three pictures using an iPad or iPhone (front and side profiles).
2. Real-Time Sync with Arbrea Suite
   • If your devices are synced, the surgeon can see the simulation in real time while the assistant takes the pictures.
   • This allows for a seamless transition to the consultation phase with the patient.

Advantage: By the time the patient sits down with the surgeon, the simulation is already prepared, saving time and improving workflow.

Using Arbrea as a Solo Practitioner #

If you work without an assistant, integrating Arbrea remains quick and easy:

1. Take Photos at the Usual Stage
   • If you usually take photos before marking, simply replace your old process with Arbrea.
   • Use an iPad or iPhone to take:
     • Frontal view
     • Left full profile
     • Right full profile
2. No Internet Required
   • Arbrea works entirely on your device, so you don’t need to worry about internet connectivity slowing down your workflow.

Advantage: This method takes less than 30 seconds, making it the fastest AI simulation tool available for consultations.

Adapting Arbrea for Remote Consultations #

1. Provide Patients with myArbrea
   • Patients take their own photos before the consultation and submit them.
2. Upload Patient Images to Arbrea Suite
   • Once received, the surgeon can review and simulate before the online appointment.
3. Connect via Zoom or Video Call
   • Conduct the remote consultation while showing the Arbrea simulation in real time.

Advantage: This allows you to analyze patient cases ahead of time, making the consultation more efficient and increasing patient satisfaction.

Managing Time Efficiently with Arbrea #

• If you currently use external sizers or before-and-after photos, consider replacing them with Arbrea’s real-time simulations.
• Avoid overloading the consultation—imagine it as a glass of water:
  • If you keep adding more tools, the water overflows (consultation time gets longer).
  • Instead, optimize by removing redundant steps and replacing them with Arbrea simulations.
• Use before-and-after photos only for showcasing surgical expertise, not for predicting results. Arbrea does that more accurately.

Advantage: By simplifying your approach, Arbrea ensures a smooth, efficient, and interactive consultation without extending appointment times unnecessarily.

Learn More & Get Support #

• Expert Consultation: Our team has worked with plastic surgeons worldwide—from Australia to Alaska—helping them integrate Arbrea seamlessly.
• Customized Solutions: We analyze your specific workflow and suggest tailored solutions for your practice.

Reach out to our team to discover the best way to integrate Arbrea into your consultations.

Conclusion #

The consultation workflow tools in Arbrea Suite streamline patient imaging, real-time simulations, and remote consultations. By utilizing automated photo syncing, myArbrea for virtual consultations, and AI-powered visualization, surgeons can enhance consultations and achieve efficient pre-operative planning.

For more guidance, watch the full video tutorial below.