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Paducah, Ky.-based Lourdes Hospital is building new cardiac and endovascular hybrid operating rooms, according to a hospital news release.

The Mississippi State Department of Health has approved a certificate of need request by St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Miss., to build a hybrid operating room, according to a department news release.

Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston has opened the Advanced Multimodality Image Guided Operating Suite, according to a hospital news release.

Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md., will begin an approximately $18 million expansion and renovation of its operating rooms on Jan. 16, according to a hospital news release.

Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in McComb, Miss., has received new technology as part of its surgical robotics program, according to a Sun Herald report.

Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville and Duluth, Ga., is preparing to launch an open-heart surgery program next month, according to an AccessNorthGA.com report.

A new platform that integrates optical tracking, magnetic tracking and a videographic recording system was successful in assessing surgical performance, according to a study in The American Journal of Surgery.

Thomas Wherry, MD, principal for Total Anesthesia Solutions and consulting medical director for Health Inventures, shares five essential skills ASC anesthesia providers should possess.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., is partnering with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Tufts University in Boston to create a virtual operating room to train surgeons, according to a Rensselaer news release.

Transitioning patients to different providers is a complex process that requires clear and thorough communication between clinicians to ensure patient safety and quality care. Handing off patients in and out of the operating room can be particularly challenging because of…