MOST EFFICIENT PIECES OF HOSPITAL TECHNOLOGY

Surgery has allowed for the mass-scale shift to minimally invasive procedures and the technological “ poster-child ” of surgery equipment has been the robotic surgical system , such as the da Vinci Surgical System . “ Certainly , having the tools to provide top-level care to their patients is what attracts physicians to a given hospital ,” says Linda Efferen , MD , chief medical officer at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside , N . Y . “ The da Vinci Surgical System is one example . I think it has gained a place where it ’ s essential for hospitals to have . As new graduates come out , they ’ re being trained on it . If that level of sophistication in technology isn ’ t there , they ’ re not in the right positions to provide that standard of care .”

The intraoperative MRI is also unique because it is used during surgery to remove brain tumors .

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