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hinking of stepping into the world of OR integration?
Being able to route video images anywhere in the room
with the touch of a screen or a voice command is the
ultimate in high-tech efficiency, but tread lightly. The
installation is complex and costly — between $50,000
and $75,000 per OR, our recent reader survey found — and it can
rarely be done within a typical IT infrastructure.
This month, 241 Outpatient Surgery readers weighed in on OR inte-
gration. Slightly more than half of them have integrated ORs in their
facilities; the typical facility manager with integrated ORs oversees 5
Outpatient Surgery Editors
Thumbs Up On OR Integration
The systems are pricey and sometimes unreliable,
but overall, facility managers love them.
• SEAMLESS INTEGRATION Integrated ORs feed clinically relevant information directly to the OR — all without disrupting the
sterile field.