The OR Dashboard, developed by LiveData, captures key information about the patient and operation that an entire operating team needs to see. Data is presented on a 42 inch (or larger) display. The system works across diverse vendor systems, medical devices and patient monitors, gathering and synthesizing data in real-time, and enabling staff to take-in the state of the patient and operation at a glance The system also archives information for subsequent retrieval and analysis.
The visually integrated hospital is a concept that is taking hold in the medical community. At Massachusetts Genral, the implementation is seen in its Operating Room of the Future. A team of hospital personnel and others has worked over the past two years to evolve and deliver the integration software.
"Having a system like this in the operating room gives us a place to refine our workflow and patient handoff processes," says Dawn Tenney RN, MSN, associate chief nurse, perioperative nursing at Massachusetts General. "Enabling the entire operating room team to see and understand what's happening with the patient at any given time will likely have a significant impact on the way we convey patient information to different caregivers throughout the system."
Massachusetts General Hospital, established in 1811, is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The hospital conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United States, with an annual research budget of more than $450 million and major research centers in AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer, cutaneous biology, medical imaging, neurodegenerative disorders, transplantation biology and photomedicine.
