title: The future is now for surgery suites.
abstract: The operating room has become a hotbed for hospital technology. Headset-wearing surgeons issue voice commands to adjust lighting, reposition cameras and raise or lower the operating table. Surgical robots on wheels move from one OR to the next. Decision-support tools alert clinicians to the possibility of error.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haugh
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics; D009870:Operating Room Information Systems / Q000191:economics; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012371:Robotics / Q000191:economics