Method of hub communication

A cloud computing system for use with a plurality of surgical hubs communicatively coupled to a plurality of surgical instruments, wherein each of the surgical instruments comprises an end effector actuatable to alter patient tissue based on execution of a control program, and wherein the control program dictates operational parameters for controlling the end effector actuation, the cloud computing system comprising:

• a remote server communicably coupled to the plurality of surgical hubs, the remote server comprising:
• an input/output interface configured to receive raw data generated from operation of the plurality of surgical instruments during a plurality of surgical procedures;
• a data collection and aggregation module configured to aggregate raw data into aggregated data sets based on a predetermined classification system for classifying procedural outcomes;
• a patient outcome analysis module configured to:
• analyze the aggregated data sets by evaluating the outcomes of the plurality of surgical procedures against the operational parameters used to control the end effector actuation of the plurality of surgical instruments during the surgical procedures;
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• determine a correlation between positive procedural outcomes of the plurality of surgical procedures and a subset of the operational parameters;
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• a control program updating module configured to transmit, during a current surgical procedure, a control program update to a recipient surgical hub of the plurality of surgical hubs, wherein the recipient surgical hub is configured to implement the control program update to automatically adjust the operational parameter controlling the end effector actuation of a surgical instrument being used to alter patient tissue during the current surgical procedure, the adjusted operational parameter based on the subset of operational parameters correlated with the positive procedural outcomes.