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Wise use of social media can enhance your professional career

Privacy violations, work distractions, wasting time—with all these risks, who needs social media? You do. Social media is key for OR leaders to successfully manage their professional lives. Savvy leaders accept that social media is a two-sided coin. “The reality is that every post, Tweet, and text is filled with…

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By: OR Manager
January 15, 2015
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Surgeon sees standardization and data as keys to higher value healthcare

Over the past decade, the number of quality measurement programs has grown exponentially as hospitals respond to public and government demands for greater accountability and improved patient care. During this time, quality programs have been focused largely on how to do quality, how to measure it, how to improve it,…

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By: OR Manager
January 15, 2015
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Achieving anesthesia provider accountability will boost OR performance

A high-performing anesthesiology group is critical to the success of a hospital OR. Most OR leaders, however, do not know how to work effectively with anesthesia providers to define high performance and establish performance metrics. Traditionally, anesthesia group contracts have not included detailed service standards. Language about anesthesia coverage is…

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By: OR Manager
January 15, 2015
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Professional standards and patient empathy ease burden of payment collection

Delivering quality healthcare doesn’t end when a patient leaves the postanesthesia care unit. It continues until the final installment of the bill is paid. It continues even when the payment is overdue, missing, or refused. To stay in business, an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) must collect the fees it has…

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By: OR Manager
January 15, 2015
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Strategic succession planning essential to OR economic success

Perioperative nurse leaders anticipate a tsunami of retirements will soon sweep away the wisdom that makes the OR the profitable cost center it is. A 2013 survey found that more than a third (37.8%) of OR nurse leaders plan to retire by 2018 and nearly two-thirds (64.8%) plan to exit…

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By: OR Manager
December 16, 2014
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The three R's of staff engagement: Relationships, rounding, and recognition

Staff in the OR must be fully engaged each day to ensure they are providing excellent patient care. But finding time to develop that engagement is particularly challenging for OR leaders. “The OR environment is intense and dynamic, changing minute by minute,” says Amy Bethel, MPA, RN, NE-BC, from UnityPoint…

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By: OR Manager
December 16, 2014
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Editorial

Education is always high on my list of goals at the start of a new year, and OR Manager’s two annual events are excellent resources for new insights into the care of surgical patients. Both will feature experienced leaders addressing the key issues that affect the management of ORs in…

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By: OR Manager
December 16, 2014
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FDA, Joint Commission cite safety concerns with power morcellation

Reports about problems associated with power morcellation in gynecologic surgery led to safety warnings in November 2014 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Joint Commission. The FDA on November 24 updated its Safety Communication on the use of laparoscopic power morcellation in hysterectomies and myomectomies. The previous…

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By: OR Manager
December 16, 2014
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