Video integration for 21st century
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently opened a new outpatient surgical suite in the Boston suburb of Danvers and will open a new 28-OR suite on its main Boston campus in 2011. Both suites employ video integration. Here's a look at the projects. 'Building for the Third Century' A new 530,000…
Expert's advice video integration
In the first of this package of articles, an equipment planner offers advice on planning for OR video integration. In addition to these expert tips, the articles include: Page 17: An introduction to the new ORs at Massachusetts General Hospital Page 19: Video: What's here? What's coming? Page 21: Sharing…
Sharing lessons from video projects
Leaders and project teams from 2 teaching hospitals with OR video integration shared lessons learned during their projects. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston recently opened an outpatient surgical suite and will open a new 28-OR suite on its main campus in 2011. The University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB), opened…
Video: What's here? What's coming?
Video integration expert Keith Mignault looks at technology that's here now and what's on the horizon. High definition: Displays High-definition (HD) is available in most surgical scope systems and routing systems. HD has several levels, and they are not the same. For example, HD room cameras and surgical light cameras…
Intraop MRI in a community hospital
Sacred Heart Hospital's new MRI-equipped OR. Stainless steel doors enable the scanner also to be used for diagnostics. Sophisticated intraoperative imaging suites, with their special facility needs and high cost, are usually found in academic medical centers. But a community hospital in Wisconsin has installed an intraoperative MRI and is…
O-scanner: Real-time imaging in the OR
Imagine scrubbing in for a spine case without lead aprons. Imagine taking a scan of the spine at the beginning of surgery that gives images so precise further imaging isn't needed during the case. These are advantages of the new O-shaped portable computed tomography (CT) scanners, which provide real-time 3-D…
New scanners bring high-tech imaging to operating rooms
New high-tech scanners, once seen only in major medical centers, are making their way into more hospitals. The rapid 3-D imaging takes the OR far beyond fluoroscopy. Surgeons say they can improve results and make surgery safer. Before the patient leaves the OR, they can scan the brain to make…
Upgrading software? Developing the RFP
Selecting the right software for your perioperative services department is one of the most important decisions a manager makes. The software used to manage perioperative services is critical because the OR drives the hospital's inpatient capacity as well as the revenue and margin. The software must enable the OR manager…
Learning from the Most Wired hospitals
A lot has been invested in information technology (IT), and more is needed. What is the return? Increasingly, the return is measured not only in financial terms but in the value added to clinical and operational processes. "Hospitals are telling us they have an insatiable appetite for data, to track…
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