Video technology to advance safety in the operating room and perioperative environment.
Video is a powerful medium and is underused for patient safety in several areas: education, real-time consultation, process improvement, research, and workflow coordination. We illustrate this point through an overview of uses of video in health care by the authors and others in several institutions. These uses were in the context of team work training, operating room coordination, technical skills of invasive procedures, process improvement, telementoring, and multimedia video records. Also described are several key issues associated with the use of video, such as ethics and legal concerns. Technology advances and new methods will make video an important tool for improving patient safety.
Xiao
Yan
Y
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. yxiao@umaryland.edu
Schimpff
Stephen
S
Mackenzie
Colin
C
Merrell
Ronald
R
Entin
Eileen
E
Voigt
Roger
R
Jarrell
Bruce
B
D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D019114:Remote Consultation; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D014741:Video Recording