Implementation of comprehensive perioperative IT systems can provide operational and financial benefits to healthcare organizations.
May support perioperative IT adoption in select settings; leaves open generalizability and requires prospective confirmation before practice change.
Comprehensive perioperative information technology (IT) systems can help health care organizations and their ORs reduce costs, 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.
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