Dr. Goya Raikar has spent much of his career taking the “open” out of open-heart surgery. As Chief Cardiac Surgeon at ...

As the healthcare industry strives to deliver more personalized care, improve outcomes, and streamline workflows, innovative technology is vital. This has given rise to a proliferation of digital ...

The following data points are benchmarks related to the operating room from our list of “200 Hospital Benchmarks.” The full list of benchmarks and sources is available here. Measures how often ...

Think virtual reality is just for gamers? Think again. Doctors are using it to make surgeries more precise. Pokemon Go, VR headsets, virtual tourism, home designs apps and GPS navigation. All of these ...

The operating room is a space where precision and calmness reign supreme. For years, it was my sanctuary—a domain where my steady hands and unshakable focus were the difference between life and death.

As hospitals and governmental bodies place a greater emphasis on patient safety, operating room teams are working to build “cultures of safety” that reward compliance and encourage teamwork. But while ...

Scott Mabry, M.D., assistant professor in the UAB Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, is using mixed reality technology to help perform and teach total hip replacements, specifically the replacement of ...

Mark Strand, a married father of three from Nokesville, Virginia, said he knew something was wrong when he went in for testing. "I was having daily fevers and low-level fevers, not super high," he ...

There’s plenty of hype around AI and robots in healthcare, but the problem that’s actually costing hospitals money right now is operating room coordination. Two to four hours of OR time is lost every ...