Innovation

Hospitals feel compelled to buy the $1.7 million da Vinci robot surgery system to stay competitive, despite lack of clear evidence that it is superior to other surgery, according to a report by the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

A panel at the Cleveland Clinic selected 10 innovations from a list of 100 nominated by 60 doctors at the clinic. The winning innovations, elected last year, are ones that could have a direct patient benefit or enhance healthcare delivery…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health have announced an initiative designed to accelerate the process from scientific breakthrough to the availability of new, innovative medical therapies for patients, according to an FDA news release.

To demonstrate the return on investment on evidence-based design elements, the Center for Health Design in 2004 imagined a hospital that would include key features of recently built or redesigned facilities. Numerous research studies have shown that these design elements…

The Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Md., will collaborate in research, education and patient care with the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, according to a Johns Hopkins news release.

Foundation Surgical Hospital at San Antonio orthopedic surgeon Joel Nilsson's pioneering use of MAKOplasty partial knee resurfacing was featured in a report on San Antonio, Texas' KENS 5 News.

Saint Louis (Mo.) University Hospital recently launched a new single-incision laparoscopic surgery program, which is an advancement in minimally-invasive surgery and could pave the way for natural orifice surgery, according to an SLU Hospital news release.

Mease Dunedin Hospital in Dunedin, Fla., is planning a new surgical and critical care unit that will expand neurosciences, orthopedics and spine care at the hospital, according to a report by Tampa Bay Business Journal.

Loma Linda University Medical Center is building a five-story, 106-bed hospital and a medical complex in Murrieta, Calif., according to a report in The Valley News.

Baptist Medical Center South in Jacksonville, Fla., opened its new ambulatory surgery center in the hospital's new 100,000 square-foot, five-story medical building, according to a report in Financial News & Daily Record.