# Surgical Critical Care * **Definition:** A subspecialty of surgery that focuses on the management of critically ill patients who require surgical intervention or have undergone surgery, encompassing the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of complex surgical conditions in an intensive care setting. * **Taxonomy:** Specialties / Surgical Critical Care ## News * Selected news on the topic of **Surgical Critical Care**, for healthcare technology leaders * 1.3K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/14/2025 | [**3 Ways to Optimize the OR Ecosystem with AI for Improved Clinical and Financial Performance**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/3-ways-to-optimize-the-or-ecosystem-with-ai-for-improved-clinical-and-financial-performance/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 4/4/2025 | [**Perioperative service leaders to know in 2025**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/perioperative-service-leaders-to-know-in-2025/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 1/16/2025 | [**Neuromuscular Disease Therapeutics Market to grow by USD 13.7 Billion from 2025-2029, driven by novel approvals, with AI impacting market trends - Technavio**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/neuromuscular-disease-therapeutics-market-to-grow-by-usd-13-7-billion-from-2025-2029--driven-by-novel-approvals-with-ai-impacting-market-trends---technavio-302351407.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 12/30/2024 | [**TigerConnect Acquires Twiage, Enhancing Real-Time EMS to Hospital Communication for ...**](https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2024/12/30/tigerconnect-acquires-twiage-enhancing-real-time-ems-to-hospital-communication-for-streamlined-emergency-care/) | [[Healthcare IT Today]] | | 12/23/2024 | [**Where 74 health system leaders are focused to prepare for 2025 - Becker's Hospital Review**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/where-74-health-system-leaders-are-focused-to-prepare-for-2025?utm_campaign=bhr&utm_source=website&utm_content=related) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 12/20/2024 | [**Clairyon Launches to Improve Quality and Patient Care**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/clairyon-launches-to-improve-quality-and-patient-care-302336863.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 12/19/2024 | [**Critical Care Equipment Market Analysis with a Striking CAGR of 4.2rom 2024 to 2031 - LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/critical-care-equipment-market-analysis-striking-cagr-42-from-x7fff) | [[Linkedin]] | | 12/17/2024 | [**Surgical Safety Technologies Expands Partnership with Wellcome Leap to Improve ... - PR Newswire**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/surgical-safety-technologies-expands-partnership-with-wellcome-leap-to-improve-surgical-outcomes-across-the-globe-302331662.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 12/16/2024 | [**VSee Health Announces Partnership with Tele911 to Create First Virtual Emergency Department**](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241216885724/en/VSee-Health-Announces-Partnership-with-Tele911-to-Create-First-Virtual-Emergency-Department/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-Q-tiwWZwkcswR1UZtV7eGe24xL9TZOyQUMS3J72mJlQ7fxFuNFTHSunhvli30RlBNXya2izy9YOgHlBiZQk2LOzmn6JePCpHPCiYGaEx4DL1Rq8pNwkf3AarimpDzQGuQ==) | [[Business Wire]] | | 12/3/2024 | [**180+ chief medical officers to know - 2025 - Becker's Hospital Review**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/180-chief-medical-officers-to-know-2025.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 11/27/2024 | [**Award-Winning CMUH (Taiwan) Excels at HIMSS, Leading Taiwan's Smart Healthcare Transformation**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/award-winning-cmuh-taiwan-excels-at-himss-leading-taiwans-smart-healthcare-transformation-302317208.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 11/21/2024 | [**Positive Outlook for the Multiparameter Patient Monitoring Market: Trend Analysis with a ... - LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/positive-outlook-multiparameter-patient-monitoring-market-ybzbe) | [[Linkedin]] | | 11/9/2024 | [**Maintaining Medical Device Dependability through OTA Updates - by Julynoeh - Medium**](https://medium.com/@julynoeh/maintaining-medical-device-dependability-through-ota-updates-bb3b34098b2d) | [[Medium]] | | 10/21/2024 | [**nCartes Rolls Out REDCap Integration in Collaboration with UC Davis Medical Center**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ncartes-rolls-out-redcap-integration-in-collaboration-with-uc-davis-medical-center-302281085.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 10/9/2024 | [**VSee Health Co-CEO Among Keynote Speakers at iA-MED 2024: Future of Artificial Intelligence**](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241009397315/en/VSee-Health-Co-CEO-Among-Keynote-Speakers-at-iA-MED-2024-Future-of-Artificial-Intelligence) | [[Business Wire]] | | 10/9/2024 | [**VSee Health Co-CEO Among Keynote Speakers at iA-MED 2024: Future of Artificial Intelligence**](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241009397315/en/VSee-Health-Co-CEO-Among-Keynote-Speakers-at-iA-MED-2024-Future-of-Artificial-Intelligence/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-RLXHJgazfQJNuOVHefdHP-D8R-QU5o2AvY8bhI9uvWSD8DYIYv4TIC1g1u0AKcacnnViVjtb72bOP4-4nHK5ieT3WxPE8m_kWI77F87CseT) | [[Business Wire]] | | 10/9/2024 | [**VSee Health Co-CEO Among Keynote Speakers at iA-MED 2024: Future of Artificial Intelligence**](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241009397315/en/VSee-Health-Co-CEO-Among-Keynote-Speakers-at-iA-MED-2024-Future-of-Artificial-Intelligence/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-Q-tiwWZwkcswR1UZtV7eGe24xL9TZOyQUMS3J72mJlQ7fxFuNFTHSunhvli30RlBNXya2izy9YOgHlBiZQk2LOzmn6JePCpHPCiYGaEx4DL1Rq8pNwkf3AarimpDzQGuQ==) | [[Business Wire]] | | 10/9/2024 | [**VSee Health Co-CEO Among Keynote Speakers at iA-MED 2024: Future of Artificial Intelligence**](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241009397315/en/VSee-Health-Co-CEO-Among-Keynote-Speakers-at-iA-MED-2024-Future-of-Artificial-Intelligence/) | [[Business Wire]] | | 9/25/2024 | [**Flat Medical Strengthens Market Leadership with Acquisition of InjeQ Assets, Including FDA ...**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/flat-medical-strengthens-market-leadership-with-acquisition-of-injeq-assets-including-fda-designated-breakthrough-device-iq-tip-302255340.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 7/24/2024 | [**VSee Health to Provide Telehealth and Billing Services to SkywardRx Clients - Stock Titan**](https://www.stocktitan.net/news/VSEE/v-see-health-to-provide-telehealth-and-billing-services-to-skyward-oyu3osr2nkty.html) | stocktitan.net | | 7/24/2024 | [**VSee Health to Provide Telehealth and Billing Services to SkywardRx Clients**](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240724534193/en/VSee-Health-to-Provide-Telehealth-and-Billing-Services-to-SkywardRx-Clients) | [[Business Wire]] | | 7/24/2024 | [**VSee Health to Provide Telehealth and Billing Services to SkywardRx Clients**](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240724534193/en/VSee-Health-to-Provide-Telehealth-and-Billing-Services-to-SkywardRx-Clients/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-RLXHJgazfQJNuOVHefdHP-D8R-QU5o2AvY8bhI9uvWSD8DYIYv4TIC1g1u0AKcacnnViVjtb72bOP4-4nHK5ieT3WxPE8m_kWI77F87CseT) | [[Business Wire]] | | 6/27/2024 | [**VSee Health Awarded Virtual Care Purchasing Agreement with Premier, Inc. - Business Wire**](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240627554464/en/VSee-Health-Awarded-Virtual-Care-Purchasing-Agreement-with-Premier-Inc.) | [[Business Wire]] | | 6/27/2024 | [**VSee Health Awarded Virtual Care Purchasing Agreement with Premier, Inc.**](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240627554464/en/VSee-Health-Awarded-Virtual-Care-Purchasing-Agreement-with-Premier-Inc./?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-Q-tiwWZwkcswR1UZtV7eGe24xL9TZOyQUMS3J72mJlQ7fxFuNFTHSunhvli30RlBNXya2izy9YOgHlBiZQk2LOzmn6JePCpHPCiYGaEx4DL1Rq8pNwkf3AarimpDzQGuQ==) | [[Business Wire]] | | 6/24/2024 | [**Healcisio Receives Phase II STTR Funding to Continue Critical Care AI Research**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healcisio-receives-phase-ii-sttr-funding-to-continue-critical-care-ai-research-302180027.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | ## Specialty Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **Surgical Critical Care Physicians**: Specialized surgeons who manage critically ill patients, particularly those with surgical needs. - **Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)**: An organization dedicated to promoting the practice of critical care medicine, including surgical critical care. - **Healthcare Technology Companies**: Organizations developing advanced monitoring and treatment technologies for surgical critical care. - **Dr. Lori DeFreest**: An experienced general surgeon specializing in surgical critical care, enhancing local surgical services. - **American College of Surgeons (ACS)**: A professional organization that provides education and advocacy for surgical professionals, including those in surgical critical care. - **Caresyntax**: A surgical intelligence platform recognized for its contributions to surgical automation and AI, supporting thousands of surgical professionals globally. - **Surgical Safety Technologies (SST)**: A company enhancing surgical care access and outcomes through its OR Black Box solution. - **Intensive Care Units (ICUs)**: Hospital departments equipped to provide comprehensive care for critically ill patients. - **SurgiBox**: Develops portable sterile operating environments to enable safe surgeries in low-infrastructure areas. - **Healcisio**: Develops AI-powered decision support platforms for critical care, focusing on sepsis management. - **Xenco Medical**: Focuses on integrating postoperative remote monitoring with intraoperative biomaterial implantation. - **Baxter International Inc.**: A major player in critical care and surgical products, focusing on innovations that save lives. - **Edwards Lifesciences**: A leader in structural heart innovation, recently sold its Critical Care product group. - **Integra LifeSciences**: A company that provides advanced surgical solutions, including DuraSeal PEG hydrogel for effective sealing in surgeries. - **Definition Health**: A digital health platform modernizing surgical care by streamlining the surgical journey. - **Pip Care**: A healthcare technology company focused on improving the surgical journey through a consumer-facing app for personalized health coaching. - **Etiometry**: A clinical decision-support software company focused on enhancing patient care in intensive care settings. - **VSee Health**: A telehealth platform provider that collaborates with Ava Robotics to enhance remote patient care in ICUs. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **Academic Medical Centers and Hospitals**: Collaborations to enhance training and research in surgical critical care practices. - **Technology Firms and Healthcare Providers**: Partnerships aimed at integrating innovative technologies into surgical critical care settings. - **Collaboration between hospitals and technology companies**: Many hospitals are partnering with tech companies to implement advanced monitoring systems and telemedicine solutions in surgical critical care units. - **SST and Wellcome Leap**: Expanding access to surgical care through the deployment of OR Black Box technology. - **FluidAI Medical**: Leading a consortium to enhance postoperative care using AI and machine learning technologies. - **Altus Nova Technologies and Texas Medical Management**: Collaboration to develop a custom platform that automates surgical care processes and improves communication. - **VSee Health and Ava Robotics**: Collaboration to develop telepresence solutions for inpatient intensive care, enhancing remote patient care. - **Radiometer and Etiometry**: Collaborating to integrate technologies for better clinical decision-making in critical care. - **Skanray and Tata Elxsi**: Developing advanced surgical imaging technology and software platforms. - **Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) and RepScrubs**: Integrated to enhance compliance in perioperative attire for vendors. - **Caresyntax and German AI Prize**: Caresyntax received recognition for its AI contributions in surgical intelligence, enhancing decision-making and resource allocation. - **ChristianaCare and Atlas Healthcare Partners**: Joint venture to create a network of ambulatory surgery centers in Delaware and the Mid-Atlantic. - **TraumaCare.AI**: Secured partnerships with major health systems to test its AI platform for trauma care. - **CalmWave and Wellstar Health System**: Completed a proof-of-concept to reduce non-actionable alarms in ICUs. - **Masimo and Cleveland Clinic**: Partnership to integrate patient monitoring platforms for enhanced remote patient monitoring and decision support. - **nCartes and UC Davis Medical Center**: Collaborating to enhance clinical trial data quality and efficiency through REDCap integration. - **HCA Healthcare and Google**: Implementing a generative AI tool in emergency departments. - **TigerConnect and Twiage**: Acquisition aimed at improving communication between EMS teams and hospitals. - **MTF Biologics and Centurion Therapeutics**: Entered an agreement to enhance access to advanced wound healing technologies. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **Telemedicine in Surgical Critical Care**: The use of telemedicine is increasing in surgical critical care, allowing for remote consultations and monitoring of patients, which enhances patient care and resource management. - **Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Patient Monitoring**: AI-driven tools for real-time monitoring and predictive analytics to improve patient outcomes in surgical critical care. - **Tele-ICU Technologies**: Significantly improving patient care and reducing mortality rates in critical care settings. - **Telemedicine in Critical Care**: Utilization of telehealth technologies to provide remote consultations and monitoring for critically ill patients. - **TrabeculeX Continuum**: Integrates surgical and postoperative care to improve patient outcomes. - **AI in Critical Care**: Healcisio's AI tools aim to improve sepsis care and quality measure reporting. - **Surgical Safety Technologies' OR Black Box**: An innovative solution that uses AI to optimize operating room efficiency and improve clinical outcomes. - **AI in Surgical Care**: Caresyntax's platform utilizes AI to improve surgical efficiency and patient outcomes, recognized by the German AI Prize. - **Prehabilitation Platforms**: Focus on reducing complications and hospital stays through enhanced preoperative care. - **Qventus' Perioperative Care Coordination (PCC)**: A solution designed to reduce administrative burdens and enhance productivity in pre-admission testing. - **Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning**: AI is being integrated into surgical critical care for predictive analytics, helping to identify patients at risk of complications and improving decision-making. - **Pip Care's App**: A mobile app that provides personalized health coaching and education for surgical patients, digitizing perioperative processes. - **Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocols**: Initiatives aimed at improving recovery times and outcomes for surgical patients through evidence-based practices. - **AI-Driven Surgical Platforms**: Definition Health's platform aims to transform surgical workflows and improve patient outcomes. - **Tele-ICU Programs**: Implemented at UAB to enhance critical care delivery through remote monitoring and telemedicine. - **Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs)**: The trend of performing surgeries in ASCs is increasing due to technological advancements. - **Smart Dressings and Bioengineered Tissues**: Key players in wound care are innovating with advanced wound dressings and devices to enhance treatment outcomes. - **Postoperative Patient Management Platform (PPMP)**: Developing predictive analytics to identify potential postoperative complications early. - **Apella Platform**: AI-driven technology providing real-time insights to improve surgical safety and efficiency. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Resource Allocation**: Challenges in ensuring adequate staffing and resources in surgical critical care units. - **Workforce Shortages**: The ongoing challenge of nursing shortages and the need for workforce development in surgical and critical care. - **Data Privacy and Security**: With the increasing use of technology and data collection in surgical critical care, concerns about patient data privacy and security are paramount. - **Regulatory Complexities**: Innovations in surgical care must navigate complex regulatory environments. - **Operational Efficiency**: Surgical facilities face challenges in optimizing operational workflows, which SST's OR Black Box aims to address. - **Cybersecurity Risks**: The need for robust cybersecurity measures as AI technologies are integrated into surgical care. - **Cybersecurity Threats**: The critical care equipment market faces risks from cybersecurity vulnerabilities. - **Healthcare Workforce Shortages**: Challenges in acute care settings due to clinician shortages and complex patient cases. - **Alarm Fatigue**: A major challenge in ICUs that affects patient care, which CalmWave aims to address through innovative solutions. - **Healthcare Disparities**: Survey indicates a belief in digital health's potential to reduce access disparities in surgical expertise, especially in under-resourced areas. - **Staffing Shortages**: A significant driver for the integration of robotics in healthcare, highlighting the need for innovative solutions to assist hospital staff. - **Low Operating Margins**: Healthcare executives are facing uncertainty regarding federal legislative actions and the impact on financial sustainability. - **Integration of Technology**: Ensuring that technological advancements are effectively integrated into healthcare delivery systems. - **Adoption of Decentralized Pharmacist Models**: Hesitance due to cost concerns and lack of pharmacy leaders in decision-making roles, despite evidence supporting their benefits in ICUs. - **High Costs and Data Security**: Challenges in the Multiparameter Patient Monitoring market include high costs, data security concerns, and integration complexities. ## Related Topics [[Critical Care]]; [[Critical Care Medicine]]; [[Neurocritical Care]]