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ur health system's recent $1.1 billion expansion included the
construction of a new cancer center with more than a dozen
fully integrated ORs in which surgical video, navigation, robot-
ics and other smart devices from departments throughout the
hospital inform surgeons' decision-making by feeding clinically
relevant information directly to the OR — all without disrupting the sterile field.
From the first exploratory conversations about the project to the celebratory
ribbon cutting, the following rules of thumb were essential to adding the high-
tech rooms that would help lead us into the future.
1. Dig deep
When you're talking
about adding integrated
technology, you have to
surround yourself with
a team of visionaries.
Our task force included
leaders from several
disciplines — surgery,
clinical engineering,
radiology, pathology, IT
and purchasing, just to
name a few. At the
A Roadmap to
OR Integration
Follow these steps to unlock the power of
technologically advanced surgical care.
Brenda Kendall-Bailey, RN, BSN, MS, CNOR
Columbus, Ohio
• CONSTANT COMMUNICATION One of the 18 integrated ORs at The Ohio State University
Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The
Ohio
State
University
Comprehensive
Cancer
Center
