title: Premier performers for the theatre.
abstract: HEJ editor, Jonathan Baillie, reports on some of the key advances in large capital equipment for the operating theatre. Here, he discovered, major drivers include continuing growth in the use of laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery, increasing demand for the ability to share and stream 'live' audio and video footage of innovative surgical techniques to other locations to improve skills and boost training, and a general desire to improve efficiency, ergonomics, and patient flow.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baillie
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000639:trends*; D018511:Systems Integration; D006113:United Kingdom