Shaping the operating room and perioperative systems of the future: Innovating for improved competitiveness

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 765-771

  Seim, Andreas R ^a   Sandberg, Warren S ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anesthesia information management systems; decision support; information technology; operating room of the future

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; JOB SATISFACTION; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; REVIEW;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 78649458562     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32834045e5     Document Type: Review

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