McDermott advises healthcare staffing shortages from patient-facing roles to technical positions is a real concern. Burnout among healthcare workers was at a crisis level before the pandemic, and two years of dealing with COVID-19 drove burnout rates even higher. A global report reveals 47% of healthcare workers plan to leave the field by 2025. Read on to learn more.

Robin Farmanfarmaian writes, “There are many cutting edge AI startups advancing predictive care in disease and illness management. When combined with clinical grade medical devices in the home, the combination enables personalized care, tailored to the individual in real-time in their daily environment.”

While robotic endoluminal surgery has many clear advantages, a key goal and a considerable challenge has been the ability to access a target location in the body with all the surgical instruments necessary to perform a procedure. For example, as seen with intraluminal surgery, endoscopists may use a colonoscope or an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) scope to perform therapeutic interventions, but treatment can be limited due to available technology that requires them to perform procedures using only one very specialized instrument at a time. Read on.