Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered voice assistants hold significant potential to transform operating room (OR) interactions by enhancing communication, maintaining sterility, and supporting surgical teams. Designed with advanced natural language processing and speech recognition, such systems-exemplified by the proposed Intelligent Operational Navigator in Operating Room-can document procedures, verify checklists, provide alerts, and reduce human error. Beyond clinical practice, they also offer innovative applications in OR technologist training through simulation, feedback, and adaptive learning. Integrating voice AI into surgery represents a step toward safer, smarter, and more human-centered healthcare, requiring interdisciplinary collaboration for effective development and implementation.
Khoshgoftar et al. (Mon,) studied this question.