Hospitals look to the skies for safety help

From left; Cardiac anethesiologist Robert Suriani, MD, special procedures technologist Richard Abed, patient safety consultant Joe Brown, and surgical nurse Maryanne O'Connell, RN, in an operating room at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn., on Thursday, March 7, 2013. Brown, an airline pilot, has organized operating room procedures as project manager of the hospital's TAVR initiative. Photo: Brian A. Pounds