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OR.NET: multi-perspective qualitative evaluation of an integrated operating room based on IEEE 11073 SDC

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Abstract

Purpose

Clinical working environments have become very complex imposing many different tasks in diagnosis, medical treatment, and care procedures. During the German flagship project OR.NET, more than 50 partners developed technologies for an open integration of medical devices and IT systems in the operating room. The aim of the present work was to evaluate a large set of the proposed concepts from the perspectives of various stakeholders.

Method

The demonstration OR is focused on interventions from the head and neck surgery and was developed in close cooperation with surgeons and numerous colleagues of the project partners. The demonstration OR was qualitatively evaluated including technical as well as clinical aspects. In the evaluation, a questionnaire was used to obtain feedback from hospital operators. The clinical implications were covered by structured interviews with surgeons, anesthesiologists and OR staff.

Results

In the present work, we qualitatively evaluate a subset of the proposed concepts from the perspectives of various stakeholders. The feedback of the clinicians indicates that there is a need for a flexible data and control integration. The hospital operators stress the need for tools to simplify risk management in openly integrated operating rooms.

Conclusion

The implementation of openly integrated operating rooms will positively affect the surgeons, the anesthesiologists, the surgical nursing staff, as well as the technical personnel and the hospital operators. The evaluation demonstrated the need for OR integration technologies and identified the missing tools to support risk management and approval as the main barriers for future installments.

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Acknowledgements

The authors were funded within the OR.NET project by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with the Grant Numbers 16KT1236, 16KT1238, 16KT1239 and 16KT1242.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery, Universität Leipzig, Semmelweisstr. 14, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    M. Rockstroh, S. Franke & T. Neumuth

  2. Department of ENT Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    M. Hofer

  3. Center for Information Technology, Schleswig-Holstein University Hospital, Luebeck, Germany

    A. Will

  4. Faculty of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Institute of Applied Microelectronics and Computer Engineering, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

    M. Kasparick

  5. Institute of Medical Informatics, Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

    B. Andersen

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Rockstroh, M., Franke, S., Hofer, M. et al. OR.NET: multi-perspective qualitative evaluation of an integrated operating room based on IEEE 11073 SDC. Int J CARS 12, 1461–1469 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-017-1589-2

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