Evaluation of Operational and Financial Feasibility of Robotic Surgery in Tertiary Care Hospital

Health care witness new technologies frequently as there is always need to improve patient care. One of such technology emerging rapidly in surgical field is robot assisted surgery. This technology has proven its efficacy all around the world and now gaining popularity in India. Study of robotic system technology will provide benefits in health care sector. This study will focus on feasibility of robotic surgery from hospital perspective. An elaborate discussion will be done on operational and financial parameters to assess the feasibility of robotic surgery in a tertiary care hospital in Indian set up. An explorative study design based on retrospective data is used to forecast the possibility of success of robotic program in future. The associated parameters will be assessed with the use of checklist, survey and financial aspects in form of return on investment and break-even analysis. The study suggests that number of da Vinci system installed and robotic procedures done are increasing every year world-wide as well as in India. Result of this study is 100% surgeon’s readiness to adopt, get trained and perform the robotic surgery. Hospital infrastructure supports robotic program with requirement of small modifications in form of dedicated uninterrupted power supply for the equipment, internet facility and plasma sterilizer. Hospital can attain positive return on investment by 7^th year if 25% surgeries out of the potential cases performed through da Vinci X^® every year. 731 surgeries to be performed by da Vinci X to attain breakeven point.