The St Elizabeth Healthcare organization in northern Kentucky has eight facilities, including two surgery centers. The flagship hospital on the Edgewood campus has 534 beds and 22 ORs and typically performs some 14,000 surgical procedures per year. Robots help manage the volume.
Imagine completely eliminating surgical site infections (SSIs) without significantly disrupting…
Health systems are fundamentally capital intensive. They are regulated; depend…
From sharps and blood-soaked surgical instruments to discarded anesthetic agents,…