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OPERATING ROOM TECHNOLOGY

With all the hype around the use of data, artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies, the operating room environment is ever-changing. Panelists discussed how it translates to what clinicians do in practice, and how it will improve:

Proximie CEO Nadine Hachach-Haram:

“The quality of care has improved access, but how does it ultimately make sure every patient is getting the best care the first time, every time?“With that in mind, value and impact was always front of mind. … We recognized that we needed to build something fit for now that fit for the future as well.”

Stryker VP of Digital Innovation for Surgical Technologies Siddarth Satish:

“I really think that the AI can start to build these autonomous feedback loops into care where you don’t necessarily need to rely on someone’s expertise. You can automate steps of a robotic procedure or something like a critical piece of information that that is then going to drive these protocols.”

Avail Medsystems CEO Daniel Hawkins:

“Pulling data back into the operating room requires that you have the capability to do that. We’re building that capability as a background network engine, but that’s really where the power of that data is — to clinically drive decision making in the moment.”

Activ Surgical CEO Todd Usen:

“Data is only as good as the insights that are derived from it. And because data is a bumper sticker in terms of how important it is in medicine, at the end of the day, it has to be something that’s really needed. … Let’s make sure we put on the screens for our surgeons the information that’s pertinent from experts around the world right at this point of care. That’s when data will mean something.”

Read more: How technology is changing the operating room

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