By Cisco Systems Inc.
Publication Date: 2026-06-04 13:35:00
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / June 4, 2026 / By Garif Yalak
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What if the future of surgery didn’t begin in an operating room, but in a fully connected digital sandbox?
Here at Cisco, we’re one step closer to making this vision a reality.
Why we need to rethink healthcare training
Around the world, healthcare systems are facing challenges. There is a global shortage of surgeons and in some regions, there is just one surgeon for every 100,000 people. That shortage is expected to become even more pronounced over time, with an anticipated surgeon shortage of 50,000 by 2050 in the United States.
At the same time, conventional surgical training is costly, time-intensive (requiring at least 13 years of training), and often dependent on real-world operating rooms and live patients.
In a country like Switzerland, home to the world’s second most expensive healthcare system, solutions that increase efficiency and training while improving…
