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Archive > January, 2012 Vol. XIII, No. 1

See Your Patients' Every Move

Real-time patient tracking systems improve perioperative communication and patient flow.

Brian Leader, VP Perioperative Services

No more running to the nurses' station to check the schedule. No more waiting around pre-op wondering when the next OR will be free. No more scurrying from room to room looking for the patient whose consent forms are missing. No more phoning to see if there's a recovery bay ready. These are just some of the inefficiencies we've been able to eliminate with our automated patient tracking system. Here's how it works, from patient check-in to discharge.

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