Dayton, Ohio-based Kettering Health Network unveiled a NASA-inspired command center Jan. 22 designed to streamline care delivery, Dayton Daily News reports.
The 17,000-square-foot operations command center cost the health network $10 million. It will initially bring roughly 25 new jobs to the area, with the potential to employ nearly 300 when it is fully functional.
The command center will work to connect the network's eight hospitals — including 10 emergency rooms, Kettering College and 120 outpatient facilities — help them operate as one cohesive organization. Command center staff will be able to monitor the status of every patient bed in real time across the entire hospital network.
"We will be able to see real-time information, like a helicopter flying through the air," John Weimer, RN, vice president of emergency and trauma services at Kettering Health Network, told WDTN. "We will be able to track our ambulance fleets to see where they are. We can actually see through our entire health system — every open bed, what's the status, what patient is in it, if it's clean or if it's dirty."