Living labs: The Smooth Operator

More and more medical technology is finding its way to the operating room, which is a great benefit for efficiency and patient safety. However, it may also cause disturbances in the workflow. Living labs and Test Beds such as a Research Operating Room can provide a real-life setting in which safe implementation/ research in the field of work processes and protocols can be studied. In this paper, we discuss the added value of such a Living Lab, illustrated by two cases