Becker's Healthcare September 18, 2020
A report in The Wall Street Journal outlines how ORs will change in the coming years based on conversations with surgeons, hospital leaders and other experts in the field.
Here are six key concepts:
1. Artificial intelligence and computer-assisted decision-making will become commonplace. Computers can analyze data collected during surgery and help anticipate potential issues and predict complications that would lead to readmissions.
2. Sensors, cameras and voice recordings will collect information about how surgeons perform procedures including how they move their hands to make incisions, communicate with their teams and use surgical instruments. The surgeons can use that data to make improvements. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is using the technology already to determine surgeon qualifications for some...
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