Many hospitals are looking to donors to fund hybrid ORs, which can cost from $1.5 million-$9 million, according to a Detroit Free Press report.
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Carney Hospital in Dorchester, Mass., part of Boston-based Caritas Christi Health Care, has opened three new operating rooms, according to a Dorchester Reporter report.
Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic has requested state permission to add three outpatient operating rooms in Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital, according to a Roanoke Times report.
St. Anthony's Hospital in Lakewood, Colo., would have preferred if the Beatles or even Beetlejuice were in its operating rooms. Instead, actual beetles were discovered inside one of its ORs, forcing a shutdown and some surgeries to be rescheduled, according…
Two rooftop air conditioning units at Jordan Hospital in Plymouth, Mass., crashed last week, leaving the operating rooms, emergency room and other areas temporarily without cooling, according to a Patriot Ledger report.
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Going green is becoming pertinent in all facets of the world today, hospitals included. Hospital operating rooms are areas that certainly could be more environmentally friendly, says Brian Gantwerker, MD. Dr. Gantwerker — who operates at The Craniospinal Center of…
Physicians at a Canadian hospital are using the Xbox Kinect gaming system to improve hygiene in the operating room, according to a CBSNews.com report.
Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill., opened a new $3 million hybrid operating room in May, combining the capabilities of a cardiac catheterization lab and the disinfected environment of an operating room. Michael Jarotkiewicz, the executive director of the…
Ethicon Endo-Surgery has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance on the Advanced Energy Generator, a device aimed to help simplify operating rooms, according to a company release.
A new cancer center at University Hospitals in Cleveland features innovative technology, such as hybrid PET-CT scanners and a PET-MRI scanner, to enhance efficiency in its operating rooms, according to a Cleveland Plain Dealer report. The surgery suite at the…