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  • Title: Sensors keep patients flowing smoothly at surgery center.
    Journal: Perform Improv Advis; 2003 Nov; 7(11):146-9, 141. PubMed ID: 14725105.
    Abstract:
    The typical outpatient surgery facility is a hard place to find anything. Staff members make hundreds of phone calls each day to determine where patients are, keep updated on surgeries, and track down specialized equipment. Each time a call is dialed, a colleague on the other end must stop what he or she is doing to answer. The phones in the new 60,000-square-foot surgical suite at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center don't get nearly as heavy a workout because the facility's automatic tracking system displays the location of each patient in real time.
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