Elyse C. Hallett

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About

Elyse C. Hallett is a human factors and patient safety researcher whose work sits at the critical intersection of surgical robotics, operating room teamwork, and clinical efficiency. Her scholarship focuses on understanding how the integration of robotic surgical systems — particularly the da Vinci platform — introduces unique challenges to surgical workflows and team dynamics that traditional clinical outcome measures often fail to capture. Hallett's most influential contribution, "Diagnosing barriers to safety and efficiency in robotic surgery" (2017, 67 citations), draws on observational data from 89 procedures to identify flow disruptions that compromise both safety and performance in robotic-assisted settings. Her closely related work examining associations between intraoperative flow disruptions and operating room teamwork during robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (2018, 61 citations) further advances understanding of how communication breakdowns and technical interruptions ripple through surgical teams. Her foundational observational study of 34 robotic prostatectomies (2017, 23 citations) helped establish the methodological groundwork for applying human factors principles to this specialized surgical context. Collectively, Hallett's research has meaningfully shaped how clinicians, educators, and hospital systems approach training, team integration, and safety protocol design in robotic surgery environments, making her a notable voice in surgical human factors research.