The next generation of surgical robotics is poised to disrupt healthcare systems worldwide,
requiring new frameworks for evaluation. However, evaluation during a surgical robot's …

Breakdowns in teamwork that lead to surgical flow or operative disruptions are exceedingly
common, having been noted at a rate of 17.4 per hour in one cardiac surgery study19 and at …

Importance For surgical teams, high reliability and optimal performance depend on effective
communication, mutual respect, and continuous situational awareness. Surgeons who …

Importance Unsolicited patient observations are associated with risk of medical malpractice
claims. Because lawsuits may be triggered by an unexpected adverse outcome …

The concept of surgical expertise and the processes involved in its development are topical,
and there is a constant drive to identify reliable measures of expert performance in surgery …

Objective: To perform a systematic review of interventions used to reduce adverse events in
surgery. Background: Many interventions, which aim to improve patient safety in surgery …

Empathy and compassion provide an important foundation for effective collaboration in
health care. Compassion (the recognition of and response to the distress and suffering of …

Background Performance in the operating room is an important determinant of surgical
safety. Flow disruptions (FDs) represent system-related performance problems that affect the …

Objectives To design a data collection methodology to capture team activities during robot-
assisted surgery (RAS)(team communications, surgical flow, and procedural interruptions) …

One factor that affects surgical team performance is unprofessional behavior exhibited by
the surgeon, which may be observed by patients and families and reported to health care …