Minneapolis VA Health Care System

VA employees show off new technology that is updating the operating rooms at the Minneapolis VA.

Minneapolis VA Health Care System is renovating four of its 18 operating rooms to provide more versatility to support advances in surgical techniques and their need for video, data and telecommunication.

Operating room (OR) boom technology and digital OR integration provide tremendous advantages in improving clinical workflow, staff and operational efficiencies, accuracy, enhanced throughput, quality outcomes and safe patient care.

The “boom” technology provides OR staff with an ergonomic and safe work environment by suspending equipment from the ceiling.

Multidisciplinary team members planned and designed the new ORs to provide unparalleled 360 degree positioning flexibility around the entire surgical field with adaptability to fit every surgeon’s preference for equipment placement and room setup.