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When it comes to vetting
surgical displays, consider
this advice from Carrie
Condry, IIDA, LEED AP,
EDAC: "Function follows
form," she says. "Try to
think through every
detail," including the dis-
play's location, positioning
and any other factor that
might affect how you go
about the surgery. But
don't just think about it,
says Ms. Condry, a senior technology consultant with the health-
care-technology consultancy Mazzetti+GBA. Map it out.
Her firm tends to work with surgical teams on site to determine
the placement of OR equipment, but circumstances sometimes
dictate more inventive methods. Once, the firm built a mockup of
an OR in an under-construction parking garage, using structural
foam and PVC pipe. Multiple service lines — orthopedic, GYN and
plastics, to name a few — used this mockup to run through surgi-
cal scenarios and determine optimal placement of boom-mounted
displays and other technology vital to the OR.
Likewise, Richard Brink Jr., CTS-D, MS, director of information
and communication technology for Genesis Planning, says physi-
cal mockups can be helpful complements to 3D renderings of an
OR's vertical and horizontal space.
• HOPSCOTCH, ANYONE? Physical mockups, like this spray-painted
layout of a new patient unit at Rush University Medical Center in
Chicago made at an adjacent tennis court, can help determine the
optimal placement of displays and other medical equipment.
VISUALIZE IT
Mapping Out the OR
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