Dutch hospital to introduce black box recorder in operating theatres

A hospital in the southern Dutch city of Breda plans to introduce an aircraft-style black box into its operating theatres. Everything a surgeon says and does would be registered, as would the vital signs of the patient. The purpose of the recorder is to provide material for analysis should anything go wrong during surgery. The Dutch Health Inspectorate has welcomed the idea. It agrees that a black box recorder would be a useful aid to improve team performance but warns that it should be used solely for this purpose and not in any subsequent litigation. Analysis of procedures that go wrong will hopefully lead to a reduction in the number of unnecessary deaths and accidents. Other Dutch hospitals have also shown interest in the system.
Source: Expatica