Technology Anesthesiologist Andrew Fisher, MD, assistant professor at Medical University of South Carolina, last week published a thoughtful article, “The Perioperative AI Reality Check: Why Hospital Tech Fails Without Clinician Co-Design.” The opinion piece in healthcare technology news publication HIT Consultant views “AI-powered solutions” for perioperative care through the same lens…
U.S. News & World Report has interviewed American Nurses Association President Jennifer Mensik Kennedy PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN. The interview provides a solid overview of the issues that are currently impacting the nursing profession. Those issues include proposed changes to the U.S. Department of Education’s “professional degree” definitions that include…
Independent nonprofit newsroom Pittsburgh’s Public Source yesterday published significant reporting on how the two dominant health systems in its coverage area, Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), are implementing artificial intelligence (AI). “AI tools are becoming more commonplace in Pittsburgh hospitals, promising productivity gains for practitioners…
The overwhelming hype of artificial intelligence (AI) is touching every aspect of healthcare, and perioperative services are not immune. While the AI hype is real, its true potential remains uncertain, as are its promises of improved efficiencies in human resources, supply chain management and case throughput. Can AI really improve…
As margins tighten and labor pressures intensify, perioperative leaders are re-evaluating the levers that shape everyday efficiency and performance. One such lever — used in every OR, by every team, for every case — is the preference card. Surgeon preference cards have long held a conflicted identity: they’re indispensable, yet…
PeritasAI, a developer of “intelligent robotic systems within hospital settings,” has announced a partnership with AdventHealth to “explore how advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging humanoid robotics can strengthen surgical operations and improve the experience for patients and care teams.” The partnership’s primary focus will be on how “intelligent systems,”…
A randomized trial by German researchers examined the potential stress-reducing benefits of parents receiving intraoperative text messages from their child’s OR team during outpatient pediatric surgeries. What they found was less than satisfying for those who might assume that increased intraoperative communication and transparency with pediatric caregivers is unquestionably beneficial.…
Jacksonville TV station WTLV-TV reported last week on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) at the city’s HCA Florida Memorial Hospital. “The goal isn’t to replace doctors, but support them,” said the anchor introducing the piece. Interviewed in the report was the hospital’s Eric Troup, DO, who said the facility…
Is a hybrid operating room an effective marketing tool? For one health system, it garnered coverage on local TV news. KSAT-TV in San Antonio last week reported that Baptist Health System’s hybrid OR “saved an 82-year-old patient’s life” after doctors found an aneurysm. The patient, facing major surgery for an…
A Feb. 19 cyberattack took down the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s (UMMC) IT systems, including access to its EMR, resulting in the cancelation of outpatient and ambulatory surgeries and the closure of all of its clinics. Yesterday, UMMC announced that the closures and cancelations will continue through at least…
