Imagine yourself in a fully digital OR. You access, display, store and transmit clinical data, radiographs and other images electronically. You operate every piece of equipment and the environmental controls from a single panel. You teleconference audiovisually - in real time - with other ORs, labs and physicians offices. You can have your operative field controlled by an off-site surgeon, watch him sketch notes directly onto your monitor from miles away as you perform a difficult surgery and even help a surgeon perform robotic surgery on your patient from halfway around the world. Now ask yourself: Would the technology be worth the expense and installation?