Could 3D printing revolutionize surgery? Now you can strategize with an exact replica before you operate.

Bug zapper. Room-disinfection robots shoot beams of ultraviolet light to reduce the bacterial count on surfaces you might have missed.

The view from inside. For colonoscopy, good visualization is getting better.

Why 3D still matters. Depth perception brings several advantages to surgical imaging.

Outpatient knee gains momentum. Patients want to go home the day of surgery. Why not let them?

Eyeing the potential of laser cataract surgery. Improved outcomes might lead to more widespread use of the game-changing technology.

Intravenous innovations. Start IVs with vein-finding technology and safety catheters.

Multimodal's multiple benefits. There are plenty of ways to reduce opioid use when controlling post-op pain.

Making sense of cloud computing. The cloud can mobilize your facility, but keep your surgeons and staff on the same page.

Better than high definition? Ultra HD is poised to become the latest technology that revolutionizes what surgeons see.

The FDA has issued a recall of McKesson's Anesthesia Care, a web-based data management system.

A New York court has dismissed a tech's lawsuit that her supervisor assaulted her while checking if she was wearing artificial fingernails.

Berchtold pays $3.6M to settle whistleblower case. Sales rep could see jail time for overcharging Army hospital for surgical tables.

Anesthesiologist mistakenly administers fatal dose of lidocaine. Death is blamed on medication mix-up.

Ontario Study: Checklists may not improve patient outcomes. Study finds no "measureable improvements" in surgical safety records.

Stop chatter during counts using this polite phrase. An Idea That Works from Venice, Florida.

Save time and money by replacing rolled sheets with saline bags for shoulder rolls. An Idea That Works from Warren, Ohio.

Cutting Remarks: Don't you just hate confusing post-op orders? The clearer that I can make my discharge instructions, the better.

Behind Closed Doors: Traveler in a tundra state. And you thought your ORs were cold?

A surgery center is doing 40-minute hip replacements and sending patients home in 3 hours with remarkable results. Yes, you can do same-day hips.