Fifteen hospitals and health systems have announced new robotics capabilities in 2019:
AdventHealth Fish Memorial in Orange City, Fla., became the first center in the state to utilize TrackX Technology for spine procedures.
NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark., installed Smith & Nephew's Navio Surgical System for total knee replacements.
UnityPoint Health-Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, Ill., adopted the Mazor X Stealth Edition spinal robot designed to increase the precision of spinal fusions.
Wakefield, R.I.-based South County Hospital adopted the ExcelsiusGPS platform for use in spine surgeries.
Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cayuga Medical Center added Smith & Nephew's Navio Surgical System.
The first two surgical cases with Amplify Surgical's dualX Dual Expanding Interbody Fusion System were performed at Los Angeles-based Good Samaritan Hospital.
Abrazo Medical Group in Arrowhead, Ariz., invested in the Mazor Robotics' Renaissance Guidance System, as well as a robotic body-weight support system and the NICO BrainPath.
After Medtronic launched its Mazor X Stealth Edition in the U.S., the first procedures using the system were performed at Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare and Reston (Va.) Hospital Center.
University of California San Diego Health was the state's first healthcare system to deploy Medtronic's Mazor X Stealth Edition system.
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation awarded Santa Monica, Calif.-based Providence Saint John's Health Center $1 million to build a center for robotic joint replacement.
Doctors Hospital of Augusta (Ga.) became the first in its area to begin offering robotic-assisted total knee replacements.
Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System is planning its largest main campus expansion to date: a $70 million robotics and orthopedic center.
Holland (Mich.) Hospital introduced a third surgical tool from Medtronic. It is now equipped with Medtronic's Mazor X Stealth Edition Robotic Guidance Platform, da Vinci Si Surgical System and Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted technology.
OhioHealth Dublin (Ohio) Methodist Hospital introduced Stryker's Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted knee replacement technology.
More articles on orthopedics:
'A world free of digestive disease' — AGA President Dr. Hashem El-Serag on the goals for his term
What to know about patient collections & ASC growth from Woodholme Gastroenterology Associates COO Pamela Isabel
Why endoscopy centers should consider employing anesthesiologists now — Attorney Ann Bittinger explains