Episode 11.1 Smarter Hysterectomies, Lower Costs

Jamie Perry joins this episode as we share ten standout women’s health breakthroughs from 2025 and then get practical about value in endoscopic hysterectomy. The focus is simple: cut waste, save time, protect quality, and expand access through better selection, technique, and team flow.

• Key 2025 breakthroughs shaping care and counseling
• Why OR time outweighs device price
• Preference cards as a lever to reduce waste
• Three-arm robotics and smarter instrument choices
• Laparoscopic tips: barbed suture, simulation, quadrant workflow, vessel skeletonization
• Robotic tips: patient selection, docking discipline, turnover efficiency, data tracking
• Same-day discharge and ERAS as non-negotiables
• When vaginal route is truly better and why referrals matter

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0:00 Setting The Stage: Why Endoscopy

1:12 Ground Rules And Focus On Value

2:12 Top 10 Women’s Health Breakthroughs Of 2025

15:56 Defining Value In Hysterectomy

18:20 Preference Cards And Instrument Waste

21:28 Three-Arm Robotics And Instrument Costs

24:04 Time As The Biggest Cost Driver

29:56 Same‑Day Discharge And ERAS

33:44 Four Laparoscopic Efficiency Tips

41:28 Four Robotics Efficiency Tips

47:02 When To Choose Vaginal Hysterectomy

54:10 Data Tracking, Referrals, And Culture Change

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