Surgical Innovation Lab issued Notice of an R01 Award from from the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality May 17, 2024 Six to 10% of US patients sustain a surgical complication costing between $1.5-$5.9 billion annually, and half of these may be preventable. Miscommunication is the most common cause of surgical error...
P.R.N. News: UMKC professors study the impact of sound on operating room safety February 24, 2022 Faculty donation leads to collaboration between professors in the School of Medicine and UMKC Conservatory to yield safer surgeries
Kansas reflector: Prescription for faulty communication in operating rooms: Be explicit, not polite August 04, 2021 Article highlighting our work with our colleague, Dr. Andrew McKenzie, a Linguist at KU.
UMKC Today: Art ands Science Collaborate for Safer Surgeries March 12, 2021 Dr. Sutkin and Dr. Brommelsiek co-presented this research virtually at a Webinar hosted by KU’s Center for Interprofessional Practice, Education, Policy, and Research (iPEPR) program
