Surgical data recording technology: a solution to address medical errors?

Shah NA, Jue J, Mackey TK. Ann Surg. 2019 Jul 25; [Epub ahead of print].

Collecting real-time audio, video, and system data enables identification of process vulnerabilities. This commentary discusses the current state of black box approaches to collect surgical procedure data in situ and highlights challenges to its effective use and implementation to improve surgical safety.

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