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Archive > January, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 1

Hospital OR Monitor

Edited by Sharyn Davis, RN

Surgical Flow
How Patient-tracking Software Works
Patient-tracking software lets Mary Bradley, RN, MSN, manage the surgical flow of the 28 ORs she oversees at the University of Pennsylvania Presbyterian Medical Center. "I used to be on the phone all day to see where patients were and what stage of readiness they were in," she says. "Now, my computer screen is like a window into every room."

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