Precision, competence, and focus have always been needed in surgery. Physical exertion and antiquated apparatus can constrain surgeons’ skills, notwithstanding the diligent efforts of healthcare ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — From scrubbing in, to memorizing instruments, to being the extra set of hands for a surgeon, there are many steps that Surgical technologists take every day to help assist in ...

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

Update 11/14: Changed the headline to better convey Moon Surgical’s work. On its website, Moon Surgical says plainly it “builds things that matter.” For them, accessibility means reimagining the ...

A new smart monitoring system could help doctors avoid mistakes—but it’s also alarming some surgeons and leading to sabotage. The first time Teodor Grantcharov sat down to watch himself perform ...

Medical errors can have devastating consequences for patients, and one of the most alarming errors is the retention of surgical items in a patient’s body after surgery. Retained surgical items (RSIs) ...