Future-Proof Digital O.R. Integration

The challenges of surgical integration

An operating room is a complex environment. The number of devices in the O.R. solving specific problems is increasing as technology advances. Today’s O.R.s are often crowded with freestanding devices, supporting systems and monitors, all with their own interfaces or hardware to display their data. Each software having its own interface makes maintaining a clear overview of all data more difficult and takes attention away from the patient. Furthermore, valuable time is lost manually connecting each device. Most O.R.s lack a high-level overview of all available patient information, making O.R.s inefficient, overcrowded, and less safe2.

Illustration: Brainlab Digital O.R. integration centralizes essential surgery-related information onto Buzz

Consolidating surgical information

IT integration is a key element of any modern operating room. As a software company with over a thousand integrated O.R. installations at some of the most innovative institutions around the world, Brainlab is familiar with all kinds of IT landscapes and legacy system environments.

Brainlab Digital O.R. integration seeks to centralize the relevant information needed for surgery—be it from radiological studies, video sources, hardware or software—onto a single platform: Buzz. Straightforward integration with hospital information systems allows Buzz to gather and send the right data to the hospital archive at the right time.

Discover how the Brainlab O.R. Planning Team can work with you to seamlessly integrate your O.R. devices, software, hospital information and storage system.

  1. American Hospital Association, 2015. Why Interoperability Matters.

  2. Shekelle, P. et al, 2013 . Making health care safer II: an updated critical analysis of the evidence for patient safety practices. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep), Volumen 211, p. 1–945.

  3. Shekelle, P. et al, 2013 . Making health care safer II: an updated critical analysis of the evidence for patient safety practices. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep), Volumen 211, p. 1–945.