Hospitals are exploring new ways to connect surgical and inpatient care using digital tools and real-time data, with technologies such as smart OR systems that provide new connectivity for the ...

I’m a surgeon, and I couldn’t be more excited about the potential for communications tools to democratize access to essential knowledge in my profession. Throughout the history of modern surgery, ...

Visiting Kaiser Permanente’s Garfield Center for Innovation, a 37,000-square-foot testing ground for health care innovation in San Leandro, California, is a bit like stepping into a well-equipped ...

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Before the car-wreck victim reached the emergency room, doctors, residents and nurses at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center knew what to expect by glancing at their smartphones. The ...

Few areas in a hospital have more critical control needs then those where surgical procedures occur. These areas have exact requirements for temperature, humidity, pressurization, and ventilation. The ...

Whether it's an impoverished nation, a battlefield or a disaster site, there are places where doctors have to perform surgery outside of a sterile operating room. That's where the SurgiField system ...

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

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 ...

In a move that could change the way many patients undergo surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has installed five state-of-the-art Siemens Artis zeego® medical imaging systems that provide faster, ...