A deep strain is running through hospitals around the country. There are not enough surgeons, and the shortage is growing.

It’s not brain surgery — it’s AI-assisted brain surgery. Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing health care, and surgeons operating on brain tumors need the speed and accuracy that AI can deliver.

Virtual reality simulated training and procedural videos are gaining popularity among surgeons. Not only do they allow users to view how to perform a procedure, but they also enable surgeons to try ...

Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), a global leader in surgical innovation, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Hugo™ robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system for use in ...

Maria Iliakova, a surgeon who formerly worked at Mercy Iowa City, has invented a “vending machine” to keep track of surgical tools in operating rooms, decreasing the delays that sometimes occur when ...

In a recent post, I suggested that standardization is a good thing at the more coarse “grain sizes,” but that administrators should leave substantial room for professional autonomy when it comes to ...

Orthopedic surgeons from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have developed two new prediction tools aimed at identifying total hip and knee replacement patients who are ...

Breast surgeons at Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center have a new tool that allows them to pinpoint breast tumors more easily, with many benefits to the patient. The reflector ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today released an updated and improved version of the Surgeon General's Internet-based family health history tool. The new tool makes it easier for ...