• Arthrex SynergyHD3 Camera System
HD cameras, LED lighting and image management are integrated into
one console and individual surgeon preferences can be programmed into
the system. There's also a remote tablet interface that can be draped in an
x-ray cassette cover and used in the sterile field. "The biggest advance in
arthroscopy is that ability to have everything in one console," says
Greg DeConciliis, PA-C, CASC, administrator of Boston Out-Patient
Surgical Suites in Waltham, Mass. "The camera, the light source —
you don't have to have 3 separate boxes anymore. You can actually
annotate things throughout the case and record what's being done."
The surgery can also be transmitted to an iPad or other device and
watched in real time.
"And after everything is finished, it can be e-mailed to the patient, to
the doctor's office or incorporated right into the EMR," says Mr.
DeConciliis. The technology isn't cheap, but the savings is real, he
says: "When we trialed various options, that ability was what kept
them in the game. We spend so much on paper and ink — to be able
to just e-mail pictures is great. If we don't have to print anymore,
that's a huge savings."
• Dornoch (Zimmer) Fluid Management Systems
When the Stryker Neptune was recalled a couple of years ago, a lot
of facilities found themselves scrambling to find an alternative. "We
really, really liked Neptune and were like, 'Oh man, we don't want to
go back to canisters,'" says Teresa A. Nosek, RN, BSN, CNOR, ONC,
orthopaedic specialty coordinator at Community Surgery Center
North in Indianapolis, Ind., recoiling at the memory of her staff hav-
ing to dump 5 or 6 canisters after every case. "But we did some
research and we found Dornoch."
The Neptune's back, of course, but Ms. Nosek sees no reason to
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