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, ...

A new study has directly linked operating room design to the length of surgeries, with implications both for patient health and hospitals' bottom lines. Xiaobo Quan is proud that his study is the ...

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 ...

Evie Powell is a virtual reality engineer and the lead UX designer for Proprio, a surgical imaging company that fuses human and computer vision to create a powerful system for surgical performance and ...

Operating room (OR) management is a complex multidimensional activity combining clinical and managerial aspects. This longitudinal observational study aimed to assess the impact of Six-Sigma ...

Hospitals are bringing together surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses with architects, engineers and administrative staff to rethink the modern operating room. By Ellen Rosen See more of our coverage ...

The vast majority of surgeons listen to some type of music in the operating room — and most of them will go for rock, according to Spotify. A joint study between Spotify and Figure 1 research company ...