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Like a well-oiled machine, hospital operating room protocol could always use a tune-up. ORs rely on several moving parts to conduct surgeries safely and efficiently, and all of the moving parts have ...

Qventus launched a new AI operational assistant on Monday designed to increase efficiency for patients and clinicians in the operating room while reducing administrative burden for healthcare staff.

Update 11/14: Changed the headline to better convey Moon Surgical’s work. On its website, Moon Surgical says plainly it “builds things that matter.” For them, accessibility means reimagining the ...

Surgery in UC Hospital operating room, 1924. This photograph from 1924, taken in one of the operating rooms at the University of California Hospital (present day UCSF), is spare and almost austere.

AirFlow Operating Room Patient Positioning Pads from by Cygnus Medical provide air channels that create increased airflow for enhanced patient comfort. Available pads include donuts in various sizes, ...

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 ...

The concept of a hybrid operating room is new to health care and is an advanced procedural space that takes a traditional operating room and combines it with an image guided interventional suite. This ...

Background noise in the operating room -- such as the sounds of surgical equipment, chatter or music -- can affect surgeons' ability to understand what is being said to them and might result in a ...