Industry Insights

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) invites organizations to attend its virtual Achieving Accreditation conference taking place September 13-15.

Virtual Incision Corporation, a medical device company pioneering first-of-its-kind miniaturized robots for laparoscopic surgery, has announced that the world’s first surgery using the MIRA (“miniaturized in vivo robotic assistant”) Surgical Platform has been successfully performed by Michael A. Jobst, M.D., at Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.

As the leading advocate for the safety of perioperative nurses and surgery patients, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has launched a national petition urging the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue regulations requiring worker and patient protections from harmful surgical smoke.

Brighthospital has introduced its Surgical Forecasting Service Gen3. Since 2015, Brighthospital has provided advanced analytical solutions for hospitals to improve their operational performance, focusing on surgical services, emergency departments and inpatient...

Ethicon, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, has announced the results of a new real-world study that shows its Echelon Circular Powered Stapler was associated with a 74% reduction in anastomotic leak rates (1.8% vs. 6.9%)[1] and a 44%...

Orthopaedic spine surgeon Dr. Mark W. McFarland performed the first Kyphoplasty using the Stryker SpineJack System on August 2, 2021. The one-hour, outpatient surgery was performed on a 90-year-old female at Mercy Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News,...