HealthTech Magazines April 22, 2024

By Kent Haythorn, Senior Director, Clinical Services, Cardiac and Surgical Services, Scripps Health

The opportunities for integrating technology into the surgical space are leading the way toward better efficiency, quality, and patient care. Innovations are the machine that drives organizations toward value and decreased waste. Minimally invasive surgery has advanced from laparoscopic interventions to even better modalities that decrease pain, hospital length of stay, and efficiency. Robotic-assisted surgery is one of the most significant advancements over the past several years. I was fortunate to be exposed to the first Davinci surgical robot system in the early 2000s while working for a hospital in Rochester, New York. It was difficult to make decisions about the best use for the...

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