Shining a glaring light on surgery: technology that records every move aims to improve safety.

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Shining a glaring light on surgery: technology that records every move aims to improve safety.

January 24, 2024

Freyer FJ. Boston Globe. January 13, 2024.

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The surgical black box uses cameras and microphones to record procedures in real time for analysis. This article discusses the marriage of black box technology with artificial intelligence as a tool to examine minute activities in the operating room to enable learning from both success and failure, and generate improvement.

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