How AI Is Supporting Hospital's Operating Rooms

Hospitals know too well that surgical delays aren’t good for patient outcomes. They can also negatively impact patient satisfaction and drive up treatment costs.“Imagine getting a life-changing diagnosis, and you need to get into the operating room,” says Kathleen Ulrich, senior vice president of perioperative services at Florida-based Tampa General Hospital. “The last thing you want to hear is that you’re going to have to wait because there’s no room on the surgical schedule.”Hoping to minimize such delays, Tampa General announced the launch of a new surgical operations system in 28 of its 52 operating rooms (ORs) in summer 2024. The platform leverages cameras and artificial intelligence (AI) to provide real-time insights that surgical teams can use to accurately predict schedule-pertinent metrics such as case durations and turnover times.