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Perioperative Surgery in the Twenty‐first Century—Two Case Studies
Author(s) -
Meyer Margaret,
Driscoll Earl
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61327-6
Subject(s) - perioperative , perioperative nursing , revenue , health care , operating room nursing , medicine , operations management , patient satisfaction , healthcare system , business , nursing , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , surgery , political science , engineering , finance , law
• COMPREHENSIVE PERIOPERATIVE information technology (IT) systems can help health care organizations and their ORs reduce cost, increase revenues, improve processes, and enhance caregiver and patient satisfaction.• THIS ARTICLE examines what perioperative IT systems have done for two health care organizations and details implementation, the benefits these hospitals derived, next steps, and lessons learned. AORN J 80 (October 2004) 725–733.