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Advanced Visualization Platform for Surgical Operating Room Coordination: Distributed Video Board System

Program in Trauma, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, phu{at}umm.edu

Yan Xiao, PhD

Program in Trauma, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Danny Ho, MS

Program in Trauma, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Colin F. Mackenzie, MD

Department of Anesthesiology, National Study Center for Trauma and EMS, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Hao Hu, MS

Program in Trauma, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Roger Voigt, MD

Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Douglas Martz, MD

Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

One of the major challenges for day-of-surgery operating room coordination is accurate and timely situation awareness. Distributed and secure real-time status information is key to addressing these challenges. This article reports on the design and implementation of a passive status monitoring system in a 19-room surgical suite of a major academic medical center. Key design requirements considered included integrated real-time operating room status display, access control, security, and network impact. The system used live operating room video images and patient vital signs obtained through monitors to automatically update events and operating room status. Images were presented on a "need-to-know" basis, and access was controlled by identification badge authorization. The system delivered reliable real-time operating room images and status with acceptable network impact. Operating room status was visualized at 4 separate locations and was used continuously by clinicians and operating room service providers to coordinate operating room activities.

Key Words: visualization • workflow • coordination

Surgical Innovation, Vol. 13, No. 2, 129-135 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1553350606291484


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