Understanding Compliance and Surgery Intellect, powered by TORTUS

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Course description

The Understanding Compliance and Surgery Intellect course will demonstrate how Surgery Intellect, powered by TORTUS, is ‘Compliant by Design’, putting clinical safety, data privacy, and cybersecurity at the heart of everything we do, and how we have even been listed as a self-certified supplier on the NHS England Ambient Voice Technology (AVT) Self-Certified Supplier Registry.

Learning objectives

By completing this eLearning, you will be able to:

Summarise the purpose and key features of Surgery Intellect, powered by TORTUS
Explain how Surgery Intellect, powered by TORTUS, is ‘compliant by design’
Describe what it means for TORTUS technology to be a UK Class I Medical Device registered with the MHRA.
Identify the key information governance standards that Surgery Intellect, powered by TORTUS, complies with, including:
Cyber Essentials Plus
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
CREST-approved penetration testing
Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs)Outline how Surgery Intellect, powered by TORTUS, ensures clinical compliance, covering:
Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT)
Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC)
Clinical Risk Management Standards DCB0129 and DCB0160.
Explain how patient data is securely handled in line with GDPR and NHS requirements.

Once you have completed all the lessons and successfully passed the assessment(s), you will receive a certificate that you can print out and include in your Personal Development portfolios.

Who is it for?

Clinical Safety Officers (CSOs) – responsible for overseeing the safe and effective use of clinical software in line with DCB0129 and DCB0160 standards.
Data Protection Officers (DPOs) – ensuring compliance with GDPR, managing data protection risks, and overseeing Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs).
Health Care Professionals – using Surgery Intellect, powered by TORTUS to maintain trust through safe use of technology.
Practice Managers and Operational Leads – responsible for procuring, implementing, and managing digital tools within the practice, with a focus on compliance and service improvement.
IT and Digital Leads – managing system security, interoperability, and technical governance.
Administrative and Support Staff – handling patient data and supporting digital workflows in a way that ensures data privacy and regulatory compliance.

What is Surgery Intellect?

Surgery Intellect, powered by TORTUS, is an ambient voice technology (AVT) assistant that listens to face-to-face and telephone consultations and automatically generates clinical notes, referral letters, clinical coding, and administrative tasks in real-time.

Surgery Intellect complies with all NHS England requirements for Ambient Voice Technology laid out in the Priority Notification dated 9th June 2025 from Dr Alec Price-Forbes, National Chief Clinical Information Officer. See how TORTUS AI and X-on Health match up with compliance standards in our Compliance letter.

Surgery Intellect Compliance

Listen to the CEO and co-founder of TORTUS introducing Surgery Intellect, Powered by TORTUS.

Disclaimer:

This course is provided for information purposes only and does not replace the official Instructions for Use (IFU), terms of service, or contractual documentation supplied with the product.

Surgery Intellect is a clinical documentation solution that incorporates TORTUS, which is registered as a UK Class I Medical Device with the MHRA. All compliance, regulatory, and safety claims within this document relate to the TORTUS software component.

TORTUS is intended to assist healthcare professionals by automating the transcription and documentation of clinical consultations. It is not intended to provide clinical decision support, replace clinical judgement, or be used as the sole basis for clinical decisions.

Users must always exercise professional clinical judgement and refer to the full regulatory documentation and user manuals for detailed information on safe and appropriate use.

Course structure

This eLearning course uses progressive lessons to build knowledge. Lessons may include supporting images, interactive demos, or videos. Lessons can be taken in any order and paused/resumed at any time.

Assessment and certification

This self-paced course has no deadline. Some courses include a final test with a required pass mark for certification. Upon passing, learners receive a downloadable certificate for personal development portfolios.

Navigation help

For detailed guidance on navigating the eLearning lessons effortlessly, explore our comprehensive instructional course. This course provides step-by-step instructions and tips to enhance your learning experience.

“It’s not a big leap to turn it on and start using it.”

Patric Denston, Digital Transformation & Change Manager at NHS Frimley Connected Care

Lesson resources

Included below are links to further, more detailed information about compliance regulations. Just click the images for quick access. Enjoy!

Guidelines and resources:

For additional information regarding the MHRA’s class categories, please refer to the “Consultation on the Future of Regulation of Medical Devices in the United Kingdom.” You can also find TORTUS’s compliance status on the Public Access Registration Database of the MHRA.