Thinking About Ob/Gyn

Episode 11.1 Smarter Hysterectomies, Lower Costs


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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

Be sure to check out thinkingaboutobgyn.com for more information, and be sure to follow us on Instagram


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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