OR technologies

New British study: equipment-related failure could account for about a quarter of OR errors

Technology/equipment problems cause 23.5 percent of operating room errors, according to an analysis of evidence in BMJ Quality & Safety. Comparing 28 quantitative studies out of the more than 19,000 “suitable” pieces found in databases, the authors found “inability to use the technology/equipment, lack of availability, and faulty devices/machines made up the bulk of the problems,” […]

Advances Coming in Medical Science That Will Have a High Impact

There are a series of medical megatrends outlined in my book The Future of Medicine – Megatrends in Healthcare that will profoundly affect health care in the coming five to fifteen years and beyond. Some are due to the explosion of basic understandings of cellular and molecular biology. Others are related to advances in engineering […]