Excellent computer facilities are available within the OTOHNS Department. The outpatient clinic employs the state-of-the-art Centricity (GE) Electronic Medical Records system which also links laboratory result access as well as a computer accessed Radiology (PACS) system to streamline care. The University provides a PDA to each incoming resident to track duty hours and clinical data. The KUMC computer network assists all members of the Department and Medical Center by providing e-mail, internet access and access to library literature databases, etc. Both state of the art Macintosh and PC-based computers are available for resident use. Applications programs including word processing, spreadsheets, statistical analysis, reference retrieval, and document and figure scanning are available. Facilities for image analysis and graphics are supplemented by extensive multi-media facilities, including a large format poster printer in the MRRC.

The newly renovated Departmental library is near the clinic area and is composed of recent textbooks and bound OTOHNS journals. This is supplemented by the comprehensive KUMC Dykes Library located adjacent to the medical center; which has undergone a recent renovation with new computer-based search, student testing and classroom teaching capabilities. Both the VAMC and CMH also have libraries on site for resident and faculty use.

The OTOHNS residents have a resident room within the Department with desks, phones, stereo and computers. The OTOHNS call room is located on OTOHNS Ward 53. Ward 53 also has a stocked OTOHNS treatment room to perform inpatient consultation exams and procedures, thus, minimizing the need to transport the patient to the outpatient clinic area. This room is equipped with a microscope and endoscopes. A transportable COBRA endoscopy and exam cart is available for ICU consultations and exams.

The University of Kansas Medical Center Department of OTOHNS outpatient clinic has eight clinic exam rooms, two procedure rooms fitted with microscopes, endoscopes, and video towers, a facial plastics suite and a minor operating room. In August 2005, a significant expansion of the clinic to the floor below will be available. Separate adjacent audiology, vestibular laboratory and voice laboratories are used for patient evaluation and treatments as well. This is staffed with several nurses, a physician’s assistant and a patient care coordinator. The clinic facilities are adjacent to the Department academic offices, Departmental Library and Conference rooms. The clinic building is connected directly to the University of Kansas Medical Center. The other affiliated hospitals (CMH, VAMC, TMC, and SLMC) also have well-staffed, state-of-the-art facilities to carry out the assigned clinical duties.

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