Modern healthcare facilities face growing regulatory requirements to accurately document surgical procedures and capture "critical views" for digital medical records. To meet these demands, leading hospitals are upgrading their operating room (OR) video recording infrastructure.
By deploying a customized medical content archive solution powered by Metus INGEST and Metus MAM, healthcare providers can seamlessly scale their recording capacity across multiple operating theatres. The integrated solution bridges surgical video capture with the hospital’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) system via HL7, enabling surgeons to capture compliance-mandated surgical moments hands-free directly from their equipment.
The Challenge
Hospitals and surgical centers frequently encounter operational and regulatory obstacles when managing video data in the OR:
- Limited Capacity: Legacy systems often restrict recording capabilities to only a few operating rooms, creating bottlenecks as surgical volumes grow.
- Workflow Disruptions: Surgeons need an ergonomic, hands-free method to mark key moments during procedures without breaking the sterile field or disrupting surgical flow.
- Data Security & Privacy Compliance: Patient identification must be error-free before recording begins, and large surgical video files require automated retention policies to comply with strict medical data privacy laws.
The Solution: Metus INGEST & Metus MAM
Built on Metus INGEST and Metus MAM, this medical video archiving solution integrates directly into existing hospital workflows to streamline recording, tagging, and archiving.
1. Seamless Pre-Op Integration (HL7 & Metus INGEST)
Before surgery begins, the operating room assistant selects the patient profile on an intuitive touch panel interface. Integrated directly with the hospital's EHR via HL7, Metus INGEST ensures that all captured video, snapshots, and metadata are automatically mapped to the correct patient record with 100% accuracy.
2. Hands-Free In-Surgery Control
During the procedure, Metus INGEST handles multi-channel high-definition video capture. Surgeons can control the system directly through buttons on the surgical scope or via a foot pedal:
- Start / Stop recording on demand
- Capture high-resolution snapshots
- Set Markers (Timecode Metadata) to tag critical views in real-time
3. Automated Export to PACS & Centralized Archiving (Metus MAM)
By placing markers during the procedure, the surgeon highlights the essential "critical view" fragments. The system automatically extracts these specific clips and transfers them into the hospital’s PACS to complete the official medical record.
Simultaneously, the full-length surgical recordings are managed centrally by Metus MAM:
- Browser-Based Access: Authorized medical staff can securely search, view, and review recorded procedures from any standard web browser across the hospital network.
- Automated Retention Policies: Configured storage lifecycle rules in Metus MAM automatically erase raw, full-length video files after a predefined retention period, optimizing storage space while maintaining regulatory compliance.
Products at a Glance
- Metus INGEST: A multi-channel video capture, encoding, and metadata-tagging software engineered for real-time surgical capture and hardware control integration.
- Metus MAM: A centralized Media Asset Management platform offering secure indexing, web-based search and playback, seamless PACS integration, and automated storage lifecycle rules.
