Researchers from University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and UI Health are “challenging accepted beliefs about telesurgery” as a result of a $9 million project with the U.S. Office of Naval Research. According to UIC, “the researchers believe telesurgery — a surgeon operating on a patient in a different physical location…
The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has posted about the work of Archan Khandekar, MD, assistant professor of urologic oncology at its Desai Sethi Urology Institute (DSUI), who has led the implementation of a HIPAA-compliant artificial intelligence (AI) agent that is now live in University of Miami Health…
A new editorial on Cureus examines the future of surgical education, particularly in terms of operative video review and its potential to “fundamentally redefine” it. The authors write that the apprenticeship model of “see one, do one, teach one" in surgical education is “increasingly challenged by modern realities: work-hour restrictions, growing…
Smith Entertainment Group (SEG), which owns the NBA’s Utah Jazz and the NHL’s Utah Mammoth, has announced a partnership with Intermountain Health to develop a sports medicine center that integrates into its sports campus in Sandy, Utah. The approximately 60,000-square-foot Intermountain Health Sports Performance Center, scheduled to open in 2028,…
ABC affiliate WQOW-TV reports that Mayo Clinic Health System plans to break ground on a six-floor, 128,400-square-foot surgical and procedural building on its Eau Claire, Wis., campus in spring 2027, with a planned completion date of fall 2029. Richard Helmers, MD, vice president of Mayo Clinic Health System Wisconsin, said…
Lee Health has entered into a definitive agreement to establish a “long-term partnership” with independent cardiology practice Florida Heart Associates by acquiring it. According to Lee Health, the organizations already have a “decades-long collaborative relationship.” It states that “with this acquisition, Lee Health sustains its leadership as the largest and most…
Would you like to address your peers in the perioperative leadership community? Have you solved a problem, struggled with a challenge, identified a trend, felt a long-running frustration you can’t contain for much longer? Have you accomplished something great, and want to tell the industry about it? Have you always…
Periop Leader Week, which for the first 39 years of its existence was the OR Manager Conference, will take place this Oct. 4 to 7 in Savannah, Ga. If you’ve already registered for the event, thank you! We can’t wait to see you there! If you haven’t, please kindly allow…
Providence, which runs 51 hospitals, 1,014 clinics and a range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington, announced that its Providence Health Plan “will transition out of most of its health insurance lines of business beginning in 2027,” including individual and family…
What does your chief operating officer (COO) think of the state of perioperative services at your organization? How should they think about it? A new white paper provides some rich insight for COOs on how to drive perioperative operational improvements that will also bolster financial performance. For perioperative leaders, it…
