Auto identification technology and its impact on patient safety in the operating room of the future

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-50

  Egan, Marie T ^a   Sandberg, Warren S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto ID; Data integration; Operating room efficiency; Operating Room of the Future; Operating room supply management; Patient safety; Perioperative systems design; Radio frequency identification

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DATA BASE; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MONITORING; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOFREQUENCY; UNITED STATES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INVENTORIES, HOSPITAL; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OPERATING ROOM INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATING ROOMS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; SAFETY;

EID: 34147166492     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350606298971     Document Type: Article

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