Mass General study shows shockingly high surgical medication error rates
The case against the quality of American healthcare just gets stronger, and patients continue to suffer.
Coming soon to a hospital near you: A black box for surgery?
The term “black box” is synonymous with airplanes, but soon it could be linked with the OR in the same way. A team of Canadian researchers is working on the so-called surgical black box, promising to create a device capable of monitoring every movement in the operating room that simultaneously analyzes recordings and identifies mistakes. […]
Balancing the Role of Physicians and AI [Video]
At the ViVE conference in LA, Smarter Technologies Chief Medical Officer Ruben Amarasingham MD talked with Katie Adams about the company's larger goals for AI: to improve the accuracy of data and make healthcare less burdensome for physicians and clinicians.