Watching the right places
When ORbserve is set up, the instrument tray, back table, surgical site and door are marked on screen. Everything else in the room is ignored.
From the theatre camera to every team's phone
ORbserve has three parts that work together: a camera unit in the theatre, an app on each team's phone, and a workspace for the theatre coordinator. Follow one changeover through all three.
See how it fits togetherHow the parts connect
Everything runs on equipment we bring into the theatre. Nothing is installed on hospital computers, and nothing connects to the hospital network or the patient record.
CameraAbove the operating table. Sees the tray, back table, surgical site and door.
frames
Computer in the theatreWorks out each step of the case and the changeover. Frames are discarded here.
Frames never leave this box
event times
Team phonesRecovery, cleaning, the porter, the circulator and the scrub nurse.
Coordinator screenEvery theatre on one board, with late changeovers flagged.
Reports and schedulingA report for every changeover, and predictions built from your own timings.
In theatre: what the computer sees
The camera unit watches a few marked areas, not people, and turns what it sees into events and times.
Following the case as it happens
Patient in, anaesthesia, draped, time out, incision, closing and patient out are timestamped as they happen. Staff can correct any step by hand.
Spotting the end of surgery
Signals such as the count at the back table and the dressing going on build up into a prediction, so the next teams get a few minutes' notice.
Watching the sterile field
If something non-sterile touches the tray, table or site, the scrub nurse is paged, never the surgeon. In a pilot these alerts are only logged.
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The team app
Each team gets only its own calls, on its own phone. One tap answers, so the coordinator can see who is on their way.
One tap confirms closure
When the camera sees the case closing, the circulator is asked to confirm. A person always makes the call, never the camera alone.
Every team is called at once
Recovery, cleaning and the porter get their call at the same moment, with what they need: the bay, the theatre, or the ward and bed to collect from.
Everyone sees who has answered
Each team taps to say they are on their way. If the porter hasn't answered, the coordinator can chase it straight away.
Every step is timed
The changeover clock starts when the patient leaves. Cleaning, set-up and next patient in are ticked off as the camera sees them.
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The coordinator workspace
The same event times feed one screen for the theatre coordinator, and a report after every changeover for the theatre manager.
Everything in the platform
What a pilot theatre gets, and what is still being built.
Camera unit
One camera and a small computer in the theatre. Frames are analysed there and discarded; no video is stored.
Team app
Calls for recovery, cleaning, the porter, the circulator and the scrub nurse, answered with one tap.
Coordinator board
Every theatre's status in real time, with late changeovers flagged before they become late lists.
Turnover reports
The length of every changeover and what it was waiting on, plus the standard case timestamps.
Scheduling In development
Predicted case and changeover times from your own theatres, overrun warnings and waiting-list suggestions.
Sterile-field watch Observation mode
Pages the scrub nurse when something non-sterile touches the tray, table or site. Logged only during a pilot.
See it run on a simulated theatre list
A 20-minute video call, and time to talk through what a pilot in your theatre would involve.
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