Hospitals and health systems continue to struggle with staffing shortages, outdated technology and manual processes. These issues together have created an incredible burden for hospital staff, which filters down to operating room teams.

Arlington-based Texas Health Resources will have da Vinci 5 robotic systems installed at 12 of its hospitals by the end of June, the health system said in a news release shared with Becker's.

In 2016, Leydamara Carvajal, MD, began exploring whether eliminating the use of desflurane could have negative implications for patient care. 

WellSpan Waynesboro (Pa.) Hospital launched a robotic surgery program.

Operating room "black boxes" are growing in popularity as a way to improve patient safety and operational efficiency, but not everyone is convinced the benefits outweigh the concerns.

The American College of Surgeons recognized 56 U.S. hospitals for meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2022. 

Some surgeons have been learning to do complicated hernia repairs from Facebook posts, leading to patient safety concerns, The New York Times reported Oct. 30.

A recent study found only 8.9% of surgical leaders were part of an underrepresented racial group and only 16.2% were women.

The District of Columbia has the highest number of physicians in surgery per capita at 68.8 in the U.S., while Idaho has the fewest at 7.58.

Even though wrong site surgeries happen in about 1 of 112,000 procedures, that single instance is what the surgical timeout process aims to prevent.

Surgeon positions are expected to grow by 1.7 percent from 2022 to 2032, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

Patients treated by female surgeons are less likely to experience adverse outcomes 90 days to one year after surgery, according to a study published Aug. 30 in JAMA Surgery.

A 64-year-old Australian woman had an 8-centimeter roundworm extracted from her brain in the world's first case of the new parasitic infection.

The number of gender-affirming surgeries performed in the U.S. increased by nearly threefold between 2016 and 2019 before falling slightly in 2020, according to a study published Aug. 23 in JAMA Network Open.

There is no clear link between how much competition a hospital faces and surgical outcomes, according to a study published Aug. 2 in JAMA Surgery.

Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health is testing a new blood management program to prevent unneeded transfusions among surgical patients, according to an Aug. 13 report from Mainstreet Daily News. 

A surgical team recently performed the nation's first robot-assisted liver transplant at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Aug. 14. 

The financial stability of healthcare systems depends on maximizing operating room efficiency.

Following allegations of threats to patient safety and a lack of quality care from the former chief of surgery at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit, the VA Office of Inspector General published findings July 18 from its recent inspection highlighting 10 areas with deficiencies that require improvement.

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health found that algorithms were 13 percent more accurate than humans at predicting surgical time needed in the operating room.