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Surgical video technology
has been evolving at a tor-
rid pace in recent years.
How do you keep up when it
seems like there's a newer
and better surgical video
system hitting the market
every time you turn your
head? You tune out the
noise, focus on your facili-
ty's needs and pay close
attention to the source.
"Think of your source, your laparoscopic equipment, like your
iPhone," says Suraj S. Soudagar, MS, MBA, LEED AP, principal
with IMEG Corp., a healthcare engineering firm in Naperville, Ill.
"Just because you have a 5G network, if your phone doesn't have
5G resolution and you try to put it on that network, what's going to
happen? You're going to drain your battery and be completely
unsatisfied with the performance."
The same is true of surgical video. Here are 3 guiding princi-
ples, courtesy of Mr. Soudagar.
• Don't put the cart before the horse. Too many facilities pur-
chase equipment and try to re-engineer the technology to fit their
specific needs. That's a flawed strategy. You need to look at your
facility's specific goals and then purchase your video equipment
around them. Remember, video technology is changing every 2 or
so years nowadays, so the current latest-and-greatest system
will be outdated in no time. Instead of trying to keep up with the
EYE ON THE PRIZE Look at your facility's specific goals and then
purchase your video equipment around them.
Keys to Surgical-Video Savvy
PURCHASING POWER
