Robot-assisted surgery
challenges facing the health service is training. There are challenges around training enough doctors and there is a predicted shortage of consultants.” Mark revealed that the technology can collect and analyse data and metrics at each step of the training journey. According to CMR, this helps surgeons to become proficient more quickly. The addition of Versius Clinical Insights gives hospitals and surgeons a connected collection of digital insights from surgical procedures. The new feature combines existing telemetry
data, clinical data and surgical videos into one place, providing insight into a surgeon’s performance, which may lead to refinements in surgical technique, possibly leading to improved surgical outcomes. The functionality of Versius Clinical Insights can be accessed through CMR’s existing digital apps, including Versius Connect and Versius Team. Mark commented: “It may seem like a small ‘tweak’, but I can’t emphasise enough how important this development could be for surgeons and hospitals going forward…Versius has always been a digitally enabled robot, and we’ve gained many insights from thousands of cases in our CMR Clinical Registry, alongside existing surgical videos and robotic telemetry data. But combining that together in one place will give real-time clinical insights. Surgeons have never had this kind of digital intelligence before – this can only be a good thing for patients.” Through Versius Clinical Insights, surgeons will be able to see patients’ clinical outcomes, compare data against global benchmarks, securely access a digital record of all the cases they have done with Versius, watch procedure videos on demand and seamlessly export case data to drive appraisals. The first two hospitals to launch Versius Clinical Insights were in the UK in Wales, at Cardiff University Health Board and Betsi
I’m not stating that robotics is better than minimal access (although I’m starting to see evidence), but robotics will enable more surgeons to perform keyhole surgery and therefore more patients will be able
to access its advantages. Mark Slack, CMR Surgical
Cadwaladr University Health Board, ahead of a global rollout in the coming months. Mr James Ansell, Consultant Colorectal and
General Surgeon at Cardiff University Health Board, commented: “As surgeons, we always want the best for our patients, and we can only improve their clinical outcomes by learning from previous clinical experience. Robotic- assisted surgery offers the opportunity to get much more insight about how we operate. With Versius, we now have all the relevant information we need at our fingertips, and by combining it we can get real clinical insights, which will help to improve our clinical and patient outcomes.” Hospitals will also be able to utilise Versius Clinical Insights by monitoring efficiencies and clinical outcomes to gain insights into areas of improvement. Jonathan Morgan, Programme Manager for the All Wales Robotic Assisted Surgery Programme, commented: “There are many arguments for moving towards robotic-assisted minimal access surgery, but we know that the real value will come from the data that is captured from operations.” In November 2023, CMR further announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with Ledidi, a Norwegian software company, to develop a state-of-the-art platform to host CMR’s clinical registry – strengthening CMR’s focus on data-driven clinical practice.
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