surgeons, among
other disciplines.
"Finding one that sat-
isfied all the needs
and requirements of
each of the different
types of surgeons was
our big goal," says
Sherry Jones, RN,
CNOR, director of sur-
gical services at MMC
North in Guntersville,
Ala.
Easier said than done. The ortho surgeons were comfortable with a
particular type of system and the company they'd always worked
with, but the images that system provided were too dark for the gen-
eral surgeons. Eventually, a consensus was reached. "The wider color
gamut, detail and brightness worked for all of them," says Ms. Jones.
Mr. Eisenberg advises meeting with your surgeons to better under-
stand the types of cases they do now, the cases they want to do in the
future, and what system capabilities would be valuable to them. Then
contact vendors that have the video equipment that meets those
needs. "For orthopedic surgeons, who work looking at various shades
of white, it's about picture quality and ease of use," says Mr.
Eisenberg. "In general surgery, more colors of anatomy are involved,
so the enhanced picture quality is even more important."
• Calculate the cost benefit. 4K is still much more expensive than
HD, so you need to make the numbers work at your facility before
you move forward. At Tidewater Orthopedics, the purchase price was
$111,000 for 2 monitors and towers, but Mr. Thompson didn't
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• MORE THAN JUST LOOKS The advantages of working with 4K video monitors
extend beyond better image quality.
