Surgery

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Da Vinci Robot
2 January 2018

Robot surgeons at Barts Health NHS trust start operating

Da vinci robots, which provides minimally invasive surgery for patients, have been introduced at Barts Health NHS trust thanks to
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20 December 2017

The march of the robots

Robotics can help the healthcare sector deliver better care with limited resources, argues Jeremy Russell. But for uptake to accelerate,
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7 December 2016

Laura’s digital disruptors: virtual realit-knee

Digital Health News reporter Laura Stevens goes to Bournemouth to try her hand at (virtual reality) surgery. She learns she
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3 May 2016

NHS Highland develops smart glasses tech

NHS Highland is working with an Inverness-based technology company to develop the use of smart glasses in health care.
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13 April 2016

London surgery broadcast via virtual reality tech

An operation performed tomorrow (14 April) at a London hospital on a patient with colon cancer will be the first
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11 July 2014

Imperial creates patient surgery app

University researchers at Imperial College London have developed a mobile app to help patients prepare for surgery and reduce the
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23 October 2013

Robot helps Sheffield surgeons

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has bought a robot to help surgeons perform complex operations.
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17 October 2013

Google Glass delivers patient data

A proof-of-concept that uses Google Glass to deliver patient data to doctors has been announced by Philips and Accenture.
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14 June 2013

Surgeons to be ‘named and shamed’

Doctors who opt out of disclosing their performance data should be ā€œnamed and shamedā€, the health secretary has said.
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18 December 2012

Cautious support for data publication

Doctorsā€™ leaders have backed plans to publish outcome data for most surgeons in England; as long as the information is
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