Advanced Video Technology for Safe and Efficient Surgical Operating Rooms

Abstract

Research Objective 1: Establish an Operating Room of the Future Test Bed with video-assisted coordination tools. Working with clinical and technical staff and consultants, a vision was developed for a video infrastructure. This vision was then translated into performance specifications that were then used to identify and select the hardware and software necessary to support this infrastructure. Implementation was completed in conjunction with the construction of new operating Room suites at the University of Maryland Medical Center. This infrastructure is now operational and has proven valuable as a coordination tool to improve patient safety by improving situational awareness for the OR staff. Research Objective 2: Test the feasibility of the use of a video enhanced white board. As a result of this research, a video-based coordination system, named VideoBoard was developed and deployed in the Operating Room of the Future Test Bed. In addition to creating situational awareness for the clinical staff, the system addresses the issue of patient confidentiality and the need for limiting access to patient specific information.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA434848

Entities

People

  • Adrian Park

Organizations

  • University of Maryland Medical Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Electronic Mail
  • Health Services
  • Information Systems
  • Intellectual Property
  • Medical Personnel
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Network Science
  • Physiological Monitoring
  • Video Teleconferencing
  • Voice Communications

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