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OR Black Box®
OR Black Box®

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Description

Product Description:
A set of reports and dashboards focused on key cost and utilization measures (ED visits, admits, total cost of care, episode cost, preventable events, risk, and high cost imaging) that can be viewed across facilities, providers, practices, payors, and plans and utilizes third-party capabilities from 3M, Truven, Milliman and HealthPartners.
About Cerner Corporation:
Cerner Corporation is a supplier of healthcare information technology solutions, services, devices and hardware. Cerner solutions optimize processes for healthcare organizations. These solutions are licensed by 9,300 facilities globally, including more than 2,650 hospitals; 3,750 physician practices 40,000 physicians; 500 ambulatory facilities, such as laboratories, ambulatory centers, cardiac facilities, radiology clinics and surgery centers; 800 home health facilities; 40 employer sites and 1,600 retail pharmacies. It operates in two segments: domestic, which includes revenue contributions and expenditures associated with business activity in the United States, and global, which includes revenue contributions and expenditures linked to business activity in Argentina, Aruba, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain and the United Arab Emirates. On May 23, 2011, it acquired Resource Systems, Inc. On October 17, 2011, it acquired Clairvia, Inc.
Product Description:

The OR Black Box is an innovative AI-driven platform designed to revolutionize surgical environments by addressing critical needs in patient safety, quality improvement, skills mastery, and operational efficiency. This comprehensive solution integrates ambient technologies, data analytics, video capabilities, and artificial intelligence to provide actionable insights across the surgery department.
Key features of the OR Black Box include:
-Room State: Offers real-time analytics and predictive insights to optimize scheduling and reduce unplanned overtime.

-Surgical Safety Checklist: An auditing and benchmarking tool ensuring compliance with safety procedures at critical points during surgery.

-Case Discovery: Leverages AI to automatically detect clinical and operational outliers, enabling root cause analysis and quality improvement through video review.
-OR Explorer: Provides a growing library of surgical videos for education, research, and performance enhancement.


The platform promotes transparency, continuous improvement, and care standardization by allowing organizations to compare surgical performance and identify best practices. It streamlines surgical suite workflows, maximizes efficiency, and enhances staff satisfaction.
Developed by Surgical Safety Technologies Inc. (SST), the OR Black Box is built on research excellence through partnerships with leading hospitals. It integrates with existing systems while future-proofing organizations through an open platform for emerging innovations.
With over 80 peer-reviewed publications supporting its efficacy, the OR Black Box empowers surgical teams to systematically analyze and refine their performance, driving continuous, data-driven optimization in surgical care delivery.

About Surgical Safety Technologies:

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Clients

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Use Cases

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Pediatric use cases:

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Users:

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Description:

Quality Improvement:

-Identifying clinical and operational outliers

-Conducting root cause analysis

-Comparing surgical performance across teams or facilities

-Identifying and sharing best practices

Patient Safety Enhancement:

-Monitoring compliance with surgical safety checklists

-Detecting potential risks or safety issues in real-time

-Auditing protocol adherence

Surgical Training and Education:

-Providing a video library for learning and reference

-Facilitating peer-to-peer learning from top performers

-Supporting research initiatives and presentations

Operational Efficiency:

-Optimizing OR scheduling and utilization

-Reducing unplanned overtime

-Streamlining surgical suite workflows

Performance Evaluation and Coaching:

-Reviewing surgical procedures for skill assessment

-Facilitating targeted feedback and coaching

-Tracking individual and team performance improvements

Research and Innovation:

-Supporting clinical research with comprehensive data

-Enabling customizable projects and studies

-Facilitating the development of new surgical techniques or protocols

Compliance and Auditing:

-Ensuring adherence to safety protocols

-Providing documentation for regulatory requirements

-Benchmarking performance against industry standards

Continuous Process Improvement:

-Identifying areas for workflow optimization

-Driving data-driven decision making in surgical processes

-Supporting ongoing quality assurance efforts

Pediatric use cases:

Surgical quality improvement

Users:

Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, Surgical Nurses, Perioperative Coordinators, Directors of Periop, Surgery Schedulers, Chiefs of Operations/Finance/Nursing/Medicine/Surgery

EHR Integrations

Integrations:

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EMR Integration & Relevant Hardware:

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EMRs Supported:

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Hardware Compatibility:

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Integrations:

Acute care EMR

EMR Integration & Relevant Hardware:

Use case dependent

EMRs Supported:

Epic, Cerner

Hardware Compatibility:

Desktop, Mobile / Tablet (native app), Mobile / Tablet (web optimized)

Client Types

Differentiators

Differentiators vs EHR Functionality:

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Differentiators vs Competitors:

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Differentiators vs EHR Functionality:

AI-Driven Insights: Utilizes advanced AI and machine learning for autonomous risk detection and predictive insights, going beyond traditional EHR data tracking.

Real-Time Analytics: Provides real-time operating room analytics, allowing for immediate operational adjustments.

Customizable Annotation Framework: Offers tailored video analysis tools for center-specific needs and metrics, unlike the more rigid structures of most EHRs.

Continuous Improvement Engine: Facilitates ongoing performance optimization through comparative analytics and best practice identification.

Open Platform Architecture: Designed to integrate with existing systems and accommodate future innovations, offering more flexibility than closed EHR systems.

Surgical Safety Checklist Integration: Incorporates specialized tools for monitoring and improving surgical safety checklist compliance.

Advanced Operational Optimization: Offers predictive insights for scheduling and resource allocation, going beyond basic EHR scheduling capabilities.

Differentiators vs Competitors:

Comprehensive Video Integration: Incorporates video capabilities for surgical procedures (open, lap, robotic), enabling visual review and analysis not typically available in competing systems.

Multifaceted Approach: Addresses patient safety, quality improvement, skills mastery, and operational efficiency in a single platform.

Surgical-Specific Focus: Designed specifically for high-acuity surgical environments, offering specialized features not found in other solutions.

Research-Backed: Supported by over 80 peer-reviewed publications, demonstrating proven value and efficacy.

Automated Outlier Detection: Automatically identifies clinical and operational outliers for focused improvement efforts.

Surgical Safety Checklist Integration: Incorporates specialized tools for monitoring and improving surgical safety checklist compliance.

Surgical Safety Network: Facilitates cross-organizational collaboration and benchmarking for safety and quality initiatives. 

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