As internet of things (IoT) technologies are increasingly adopted by healthcare and
hospitals, new opportunities are emerging to transform patient pathways and achieve …

Due to the rapidly evolving medical, technological, and technical possibilities, surgical
procedures are becoming more and more complex. On the one hand, this offers an …

The energy consumed by surgery units constitutes a staggering part of the overall
healthcare carbon footprint. Partly due to the demanding climate conditions necessitated by …

Throughout the last two centuries, surgery has encountered four major revolutions. The first
revolution started with anatomical mastery, asepsis and anaesthesia and thereafter …

The topic of this issue of Innovative Surgical Sciences (ISS) is “Surgery 4.0”. The term and its
meaning are as yet unfamiliar to most surgeons. It was, to our knowledge, coined in 2016 [1] …

Background Maximizing the utilization of the operating room suite by safely and efficiently
changing over patients is an opportunity to deliver more value to patients and be more …

Based on current research and development activities, a timeline with five stages of maturity
levels for the development of the Digital Operating Room (DOR) during the first quarter of the …

The implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) technology in
neurosurgery offers the opportunity to advance clinical practice significantly, pushing the …

The healthcare system implies a multi-factorial and multi-disciplinary approach because of
the complexity of the entity itself. Internet of things (IoT) provides flexible and personalized …

Operating rooms management is a critical point in healthcare organizations; inefficient
scheduling and allocation of human and physical resources are often present. This study …