Hospital ‘black boxes’ put surgical practices under the microscope.

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Hospital ‘black boxes’ put surgical practices under the microscope.

March 29, 2023

Sadick B. Wall Street Journal. March 19, 2023.

Safety information systems that track action in real time can reveal a trove of data about how teams and procedures progress. This news article describes the use of a black-box system in the operating room. Its use by hospitals in the United States is described to illustrate the value of black box data to inform learning and improvement strategies.

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