New Technology for Safety and Efficiency
Learn how "State-of-the-Art Technology"
improves patient care.
The new Metro Health Hospital has enhanced safety features, a highly sophisticated computer network and designs that improve efficiency and patient care.
One of the key technological advances at the new facility is our state-of-the-art information technology system—the most advanced of any health care system in our region. It’s a powerful tool that will provide greater access to information for both patients and physicians. When fully implemented, patients will be able to see the results of medical tests, communicate with their doctor, seek prescription refills and make appointments—all from the convenience of their own computer.
Learn about our advanced I.T. system – PDF 643kb
"I thank God I'm here today, and I certainly thank the people at Metro Health Hospital for the care I got. Without all the lifesaving technology that was here, I wouldn’t be here today."
—Head Injury Patient
Some Other Innovative Features:
- Operating room system that enables staff to quickly and easily route X-ray images onto 40-inch screens
- Spacious surgical suites equipped with a boom system to keep medical equipment off the floor to enable better positioning and use of space
- Video cameras in operating rooms to record procedures for educational purposes
- Wireless Internet access throughout the entire Metro Health Village
- Hands-free wireless voice communication system to provide instant two-way conversations through a special badge with no need to remember phone numbers
- A Voice Over Internet Protocol system (VoiP), which uses phones to communicate over the same digital network as the computers and allows for the integration of voicemail and e-mail
- Advanced nurse call system that improves patient-staff communication and allows nurses to monitor critical medical equipment, such as ventilators
- 37-inch flat-screen monitors in patient rooms for viewing a multitude of information and entertainment
- State-of-the-art security systems throughout hospital and in the Family Childbirth Center
- All new medical imaging and patient monitoring equipment, including methods to quickly share digital images throughout the Metro Health system