The integrated operating room is now at the heart of the digital transformation of healthcare facilities. With the increasing number of medical devices and imaging sources (endoscopes, OR cameras, imaging systems, etc.), it has become essential to have a solution capable of centralizing, displaying, and managing these flows in real time. This is the essence of video management: providing surgical teams with a single interface to control all visual content in the operating room, simply, securely, and ergonomically.
A true digital backbone, video management helps improve procedure safety, team coordination, and the organizational efficiency of the operating room. By integrating into a broader modernization approach, it enhances both medical performance and practitioner comfort.
What is an integrated operating room?
An integrated operating room differs from a traditional OR in its ability to bring together all medical equipment, imaging sources, and digital tools into a centralized ecosystem. Where each device once functioned independently, integration now enables full interoperability: images, data, and streams are connected, accessible, and controlled from a single interface.
The goals are twofold:
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Improve workflow ergonomics for medical teams by reducing manual handling and time losses.
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Enhance safety and procedure flow through better information circulation and optimal visibility in the room.
In practice, an integrated OR becomes a smart technological environment where every element—surgical lighting, cameras, endoscopy, imaging, patient records—interacts seamlessly. The result is enhanced coordination, optimal traceability, and reduced human error risks.
By incorporating video management into this architecture, hospitals ensure that surgeons and their teams always have the right information, at the right time, on the right display.
What is video management used for in surgery?
At the heart of an integrated OR, video management plays a central role. It allows the collection, centralization, and distribution of all video and imaging streams from multiple sources: OR cameras, endoscopy systems, ultrasound machines, medical imaging devices, or room cameras.
With this solution, all visual data is:
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Displayed in real time on the various OR screens.
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Recorded and archived to ensure medical traceability.
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Shared securely within the OR or to other services (conference rooms, remote teaching, tele-expertise).
Video management addresses several key challenges:
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Unifying image sources to avoid complex handling and reduce errors.
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Facilitating medical decision-making by providing surgeons with a complete, real-time view of the procedure.
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Improving collaboration between teams, whether in the room or remotely.
In short, video management is the digital backbone of the integrated OR: it organizes visual information and ensures it is available, reliable, and actionable at critical moments.
Key features of a modern video management solution
A video management solution for an integrated OR goes beyond image display. It must offer advanced features to meet medical team needs while ensuring security and ease of use. The most important include:
1. Centralization of multimedia stream
All video signals from medical devices (endoscopes, OR cameras, ultrasounds, radiology systems, etc.) are gathered into a single interface, allowing the surgical team to access all relevant information quickly without switching between devices.
2. Multi-screen distribution
Images can be displayed simultaneously on multiple OR screens, ensuring every team member has the right information with optimal Full HD or 4K quality.
3. Secure recording and archiving
Video management saves streams to guarantee procedure traceability. Archiving can be linked to the patient record, in full compliance with medical standards.
4. Real-time sharing
Beyond the OR, streams can be transmitted to other rooms or remotely, supporting medical training and tele-expertise by allowing external practitioners to follow or analyze procedures live.
5. Ergonomics and ease of use
Interfaces are designed to be intuitive: touchscreen control, clear displays, simple commands, and even voice control for hands-free operation.
6. Security and reliability
Video stream management must meet confidentiality and service continuity requirements. Data is protected by secure systems to ensure uninterrupted operation in critical OR environments.
The Surgiris solution connects directly to the HIS (Hospital Information System) and PACS of the hospital. This integration enables:
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Zero patient identity errors, by automatically retrieving the correct records.
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Time savings: before Surgiris, approximately 5 minutes per procedure could be lost searching for the patient, entering data, and transferring images. With Surgiris, one click retrieves all data and images from the HIS and PACS.
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Secure and traceable medical data, without manual entry or errors.
Benefits of video management for medical teams
Beyond technical aspects, video management in an integrated OR provides tangible benefits to healthcare professionals, transforming the surgical team experience and improving care quality:
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Increased safety and fewer errors
Centralizing all image streams on a single interface reduces complex handling and errors, ensuring surgeons always have the right information at the right time. -
Smoother procedures
Real-time image distribution on multiple screens allows all team members to follow the operation without information loss, improving coordination, precision, and saving time. -
Powerful tool for training and collaboration
Video streaming and archiving facilitate knowledge sharing. Procedures can be followed live by students or remote colleagues or reused as educational material, making video management a key tool for continuous medical training. -
Work comfort and ergonomics
By reducing technical constraints and providing an intuitive interface, video management frees teams from time-consuming tasks, allowing practitioners to focus fully on surgery with less fatigue and better overall ergonomics.
Why choose Surgiris for video management?
At Surgiris, innovation and quality are at the heart of our solutions for integrated ORs. Our video management approach is holistic: improving medical team performance while ensuring high safety and reliability.
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French expertise and certifications
Our solutions are designed and manufactured in France to meet the strictest medical standards. Quality certifications guarantee compliance and reassure healthcare facilities about the reliability of installed systems. -
Continuous innovation
A significant portion of resources is dedicated annually to R&D, allowing us to offer high-performance technologies that support the rapid evolution of the digital OR. -
Tailored support
Beyond technology, Surgiris emphasizes human support:
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Personalized project study.
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Installation and integration adapted to each facility.
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User training (surgeons, nurses, biomedical engineers).
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Responsive maintenance and dedicated technical support.
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Reliability and longevity
Our solutions are designed to last, with a modular and scalable architecture, providing hospitals with a sustainable investment that adapts to future technological evolution.
Choosing Surgiris equips healthcare facilities with a French-made, innovative, and durable solution, placing safety and ergonomics at the center of the integrated OR.
Economic advantages and simplified installation
Unlike some competitors requiring dedicated IT rooms and external equipment, Surgiris video management stations are designed for direct OR integration.
The all-in-one Surgiris embedded station requires no additional modifications, offering:
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Quick installation without major construction.
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Significant cost reduction for infrastructure and equipment.
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Seamless integration into the existing OR environment.
By combining simplicity and cost savings, Surgiris allows healthcare facilities to modernize ORs without additional infrastructure investment while benefiting from a complete video management solution.
Want to modernize your OR and see how video management can optimize your practices? Contact Surgiris to speak with our experts and build a solution tailored to your project.
