OR integration systems are modern surgical suites that have user-friendly and fully integrated technologies to help make the OR process safer and more efficient.
ECRI Institute — a nonprofit organization looking at best applications of medical procedures, devices, drugs and processes — gave six cost-saving tips for OR integration systems:
1. Purchase your wall-mounted displays from a local video equipment retailer.
2. Keep room-status monitoring separate from the OR integration system.
3. Don’t use the integration system to control room lighting.
4. Don’t use the integration system to control surgical lighting.
5. Don’t use the integration system to control heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
6. Don’t use the integration system for audio communications.
The white paper also said there are numerous return-on-investment benefits such as reduced medical errors, improved OR efficiency, the retaining of competent OR staff and overall new educational tools.
Read the ECRI Institute’s white paper on OR integration systems (pdf).
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