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Under-insured, over-insured, but not properly insured: the structural liability-coverage gap in co-located robotic surgery and telesurgery

Robotic surgery liability insurance gapAcademictopic page

Assessment outcome

total 2/4 (actionability 1 + authority 1); currency unscored, so pro-rated to 3.0/6

Total2/6
Actionability1/2
Authority1/2
Currency—

Authorship & scope

Attribution (G4 evidence)

Named authors and institutions are explicitly listed at the end of the text.

Issuer authority (evidence)

Level 1 (capped): the quote establishes a journal venue but does not establish the peer-review status required for Level 2.

Issuers, who it governs, legal force and content are on the full record.

Eligibility gates

G1 · Retrievablepass

HTTP 200, 1842 words of full text extracted

G2 · AI nexuspass

The source focuses centrally on robotic-assisted surgery, telesurgery, and AI-assisted medical actions.

G3 · Governance nexuspass

It discusses liability, risk apportionment, insurance coverage, and legal standards in medical robotics.

G4 · Attributablepass

Named authors and institutions are explicitly listed at the end of the text.

G5 · In forcepass

The document is current with no indications of being superseded or repealed.

Scored criteria

Actionability

1/2

Level 1: Provides direction and analysis on insurance products without setting binding steps or obligations for the reader.

We contend that the field requires a single, outward-facing, multi-domain integrated liability insurance product — one coherent contract with a single coverage trigger

Authority

1/2

Level 1 (capped): the quote establishes a journal venue but does not establish the peer-review status required for Level 2.

Diamond, D.A., Moschovas, M.C., Dohler, D. et al. Under-insured, over-insured, but not properly insured: the structural liability-coverage gap in co-located robotic surgery and telesurgery. J Robotic Surg 20 , 979 (2026).

Currency

—

computed: no publish/modified date found on the page (never guessed)

Classification

Coverage topicRobotic surgery liability insurance gap
PerspectiveAcademic
Lifecycle stage7 Use & impact
Layerboth
Granularitytopic page