Abstract Objective The Anesthesiology Control Tower (ACT) for operating rooms (ORs)
remotely assesses the progress of surgeries and provides real-time perioperative risk alerts …

Background Clinical decision support systems and telemedicine for remote monitoring can
together support clinicians' intraoperative decision-making and management of surgical …

Background Major postoperative morbidity and mortality remain common despite efforts to
improve patient outcomes. Health information technologies have the potential to actualize …

Background The surgical morbidity and mortality (M&M) conference is a vital part of a
resident's surgical education, but methods to collect and store M&M data are often …

Background: Telemedicine in surgery holds promise for improving access and decreasing
costs, but its role remains ill-defined. This pilot study was performed to investigate the safety …

THE USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS in medicine has been expanding for several years.
A group of experts convened to discuss how telemedicine could influence the development …

Background: Despite efforts to improve patient outcomes, major morbidity and mortality
remain common after surgery. Health information technologies that provide decision support …

Objectives Effective communication between surgeons and anesthesiologists is critical for
high-quality, safe, and efficient perioperative patient care. Despite widespread …

Background Surgical tele-mentoring leverages technology by projecting surgical expertise
to improve access to care and patient outcomes. We postulate that tele-mentoring will …

Background Cardiac and major vascular surgeries are common surgical procedures
associated with high rates of postsurgical complications and related hospital readmission. In …