News and Notes

Four-year-old Amadou was the first patient to receive a surgery on board the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy. Born with one windswept leg and one bowed leg, even sitting for a meal was painful for him. Both are conditions which can be...

When Dr. Steve Hacker, inventor of the Lumohs scalpel, watched surgeries being performed by Floating Doctors in remote clinics and villages, he knew he could help. “Basically, seeing these noble doctors perform surgeries, in remote settings with medical students...

Proprio, a Seattle-based medical technology company, announced that its flagship system, the Paradigm, has entered its first of several ORs around the country in a non-clinical capacity to capture unique surgical data which will be used to accelerate future...

In an innovative approach to improving the efficiency of daily safety huddles, University Hospitals’ (UH) nurses are collaborating with Edgility Inc. to bring AI into the huddle process.

Industry-leading surgicalist program provider, SAMGI (Surgical Affiliates Management Group, Inc.), and Centura St. Anthony Hospital, Lakewood CO, announced an agreement to create a trauma and acute care surgicalist program at that facility. SAMGI’s unique surgicalist...

Henry Schein Medical, the U.S. medical business of Henry Schein Inc., recently participated in the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association’s (ASCA) National Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. as part of the company’s commitment to amplify the value of...