Becker's Healthcare March 20, 2023
Twenty-four hospitals in the U.S., Canada and Western Europe are using “black boxes” — named after the recording devices in airplanes — to collect and analyze operating-room practice data in hopes of reducing medical errors and improving patient safety and operating room efficiency, The Wall Street Journal reported March 19.
The OR Black Box, made by Surgical Safety Technologies in Toronto, gathers video, audio, patient vital signs and data from surgical devices during surgery. Audio and video are deidentified, giving participants blurred faces and cartoonish bodies, according to the report. Hospitals can use the data to view performance over time or to analyze particular operations.
Mayo Clinic has used the device in three operating rooms over the last year in...
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