March 4, 2024- KARL STORZ, a leader in operating room technology, has announced a first-to-market move to bring Amazon Alexa to the operating room. Already well established in healthcare as a HIPAA-compliant voice assistant, Alexa Smart Properties will now be available in KARL STORZ integrated operating rooms to help perform a variety of tasks to enhance and streamline surgical workflow.
With the increasing administrative burden on clinical teams to operate equipment and document procedures, the introduction of a voice assistant is an important step toward allowing them to refocus on patient care.
Without having to touch any equipment, the surgical team will now be able to access case setup information, adjust surgical visualization, contact other staff members, and more, from anywhere in the operating room. This will enable unprecedented control for surgeons and team members who are scrubbed in, without sacrificing sterility.