AI “Black Box” placed in more hospital operating rooms to improve safety

Enlarge / A camera in a hospital.Getty | Arne Dedert

AI-powered surveillance technology is quickly making its way into hospital operating rooms around the country, where it works to constantly collect audio, video, patient vital signs, and a wealth of other surgical data, all in the name of improving safety and efficiency.

The surveillance technology has been implanted in operating rooms in over two dozen hospitals in the US and Canada so far. Most recently, the Boston area’s Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital became one of the latest adopters of the technology, which is sold by Surgical Safety Technologies Inc.

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