The South Florida-based hospital now has two Smart, voice-controlled operating rooms. Surgeons will be provided with comprehensive access and control of critical devices, along with networked digital documentation and telemedicine capabilities.
The rooms will be completely wireless for maximum efficiency and patient safety.
In addition, instead of dictating instructions to nurses, cardiac surgeons will give simple verbal commands to Sidne, a voice-recognition network that will turn on lights, raise or lower the surgical table, instruct cameras to zoom in and out, take pictures and perform a variety of other functions.
Upon completion of a surgical procedure in the Smart OR, Palmetto patients will recuperate in a cardiac intensive care unit (ICU). Rooms are wired to the operating rooms via television monitors so that nurses can begin preparing for a patient’s arrival before they leave the operating table.
The ICU also operates on a ‘universal bed’ concept, whereby patients spend their entire stay in the same bed instead of facing the disruption of changing rooms and floors. Other technological features include two-way video and audio connections to allow other doctors to interact with the operating surgeon, as well as observe a variety of camera views and electronic patient data simultaneously.
We are committed to offering our patients advanced technological methods that will result in quicker recovery times, shorter hospital stays and even better patient care, said Ana Mederos, Palmetto General Hospital’s CEO.
