People often worry if they'll panic or if it will hurt. Research and experience show that patients generally tolerate wide-awake surgery well.

An 82-year-old Baptist Health System patient says the hospital’s newest hybrid operating room helped save his life after doctors found a dangerous aneurysm.

Few areas in a hospital have more critical control needs then those where surgical procedures occur. These areas have exact requirements for temperature, humidity, pressurization, and ventilation. The ...

CHICAGO, Aug. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Artisight is the first Smart Hospital platform capable of autonomously documenting operating room activity into a patient's electronic health record (EHR) using ...

Grey’s Anatomy season 22 episode 13 focuses on a Morbidity and Mortality review after a surgical complication involving residents Jules and Mohanty, as doctors examine what happened during the procedu ...

Lower Shore residents who suffer strokes or brain aneurysms can now be treated with minimally invasive surgery at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, where a new hybrid operating room opened this week.

In a case that underscores the inherent difficulty of implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in situations involving workplace safety issues, a federal district court in Connecticut ...

Providing adequate ventilation is a very important part of a patient’s wellbeing in a health care setting. Maintaining a high level of indoor air quality (IAQ) has become an increasing challenge for ...

Robert Caplan, M.D., chair of the ASA Task Force on Operating Room Fires, said the lack of a national reporting system for operating room fires makes it difficult to pinpoint exactly how many occur ...