Video transparency: a powerful tool for patient safety and quality improvement

Transparency can be a powerful driver of better healthcare quality.1 In 2013, it was proposed that recording video data in healthcare begin with the several medical procedures that are already video based (cardiac stent placement, arthroscopic surgery, colonoscopy, etc).1 Different from the past era when recording required new hardware, most of the procedures performed in medicine today are now mediated by video, enabling a new opportunity for learning health systems.2 3 Some hospitals, like Johns Hopkins, have even built operating rooms (ORs) equipped with cameras—some of these are used to monitor room turnover times for scheduling efficiency, while others have been installed in anticipation of a future of increased transparency. Ever since our group first described a surgery checklist,4 compliance with the tool has been a challenge. Overdyk et al5 demonstrate the potential of using video-derived data...
Source: BMJ Quality and Safety - Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Editorials Source Type: research