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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive > July, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 7

Thinking of Buying...Centralized OR Controls

The ins and outs of video and information routing and recording.

Terry Miller, Executive Vice President and COO

If you're about to build new ORs or renovate existing ones, prepare each room for the eventual addition of integrated surgical video and centralized OR controls. Even if outfitting an integrated surgical suite is low on your wish list, designing the space, conduits and basic infrastructure ahead of time will ease the later installation of hardware and cabling. Given the continued rise in minimally invasive and scope-driven procedures, you'll definitely need video and information routing and recording, remote communication for consulting and educating or central access to equipment functions someday.

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