Enter the world of a physician entrepreneur

One of my favorite things about being an entrepreneur is the people I’m privileged to meet and spend time with.  This week I met a fellow Montana physician, Alistair MacDonald, who has started his own company.  He’s created a product that automatically decreases the volume on music playing in the operating room if a patient’s vital signs are tanking.  It seems like an important idea to me.  He made some great points during our conversation.  The OR is filled with hard surfaces that echo, making it loud and hard to hear.  You can’t read lips because faces are covered with a surgical mask.  Loud conversations contribute to noise pollution.  Hearing important tones and alarms in an emergency is harder than it should be.
Enter a device that interfaces directly between the anesthesiologist’s vital signs monitor and any kind of audio system you want to use.  Now, when vitals are outside safe parameters, the music is automatically muted, letting everyone focus on addressing a potentially critical situation.  Cool tech, right?
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 11, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/gabe-charbonneau-and-alistair-macdonald" rel="tag" > Gabe Charbonneau, MD and Alistair MacDonald, MD < /a > Tags: Tech Health IT Source Type: blogs