Method of hub communication, processing, display, and cloud analytics

A surgical system configured to generate and implement an analytic solution to a medical problem arising during a surgical procedure performed on a patient in a medical network, the surgical system comprising:

• an aggregated medical database configured to store medical data generated by a plurality of surgical hubs distributed throughout the medical network, wherein the plurality of surgical hubs are configured to operate a plurality of surgical instruments according to a plurality of control programs to perform a plurality of tissue-altering surgical functions, wherein the plurality of tissue-altering surgical functions comprise any one or more of tissue stapling, tissue clamping, tissue coagulation, and tissue cutting;
• a hub application server communicably coupled to the aggregated medical database and the plurality of surgical hubs, wherein the hub application server comprises a processor and a memory configured to store a hub application configured for use by at least one of the plurality of surgical hubs;
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• a cloud-based analytics subsystem communicably coupled to the aggregated medical database and the hub application server, wherein the cloud-based analytics subsystem comprises a processor and a memory configured to store a plurality of data analytics modules that, when executed by the processor, cause the cloud-based analytics subsystem to:
• assess the medical data stored on the aggregated medical database;
• correlate the assessed medical data to a subset of medical data stored in the aggregated medical database that is associated with a desirable surgical event;
• generate the analytic solution to the medical problem based, at least in part, on the correlation;
• identify a control parameter trend across the medical network based, at least in part, on the correlation;
• determine that a first surgical hub of the plurality of surgical hubs performing the surgical procedure is operating a first surgical instrument of the plurality of surgical instruments according to a first control program of the plurality of control programs that deviates from the control parameter trend;
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• transmit, to the first surgical hub, an update to the first control program during the surgical procedure based, at least in part, on determining that the first control program deviates from the control parameter trend, wherein the generated analytic solution comprises the update to the first control program, wherein transmitting the update to the first control program causes the first surgical hub to control the first surgical instrument to perform a first tissue-altering surgical function of the plurality of tissue altering surgical functions in a manner consistent with the control parameter trend during the surgical procedure.