Controversies
One major controversy relating to telesurgery, which involves multiple groups of stakeholders, is the economic costs of the technology. In order for telesurgery to become a common practice, quite a lot of money will have to be spent. Some areas of high cost include the actual purchasing of equipment and maintenance, the cost associated with regulations and lawmaking, and even the costs of training hospital staff to be proficient with the equipment and practices. There are certainly benefits in using telesurgery instead of a traditional surgery. However we must ask, are these improvements worth the cost? This will be the focus of our project.
Some of these controversies include: