Key lessons on supply management at OR Manager Conference
Two major challenges that perioperative leaders are facing today are labor and supply costs. These two areas also happen to be the largest and second largest expense categories at most hospitals, making the challenges even more pronounced. What actions can leaders put in place to ensure that clinical staff are…
Scheduling OR travel staff at a large academic institution
In 2020, the World Health Organization focused on promoting nurses to fill the anticipated need for 9 million nurses and midwives to achieve universal health coverage by 2030. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly amplified this pre-existing need. Additionally, the โGreat Resignationโ has impacted technology and healthcare disproportionally, and the University of…
ASC challenge: Recruiting and retaining surgical technologists
According to the 2022 OR Manager Salary/Career Survey, many ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are facing a critical shortage of surgical technologists (STs). The percentage of leaders reporting an increase in the number of ST open positions jumped from 22% in 2020 and 28% in 2021 to 42% in 2022, and…
Tackling internal objections to single-use device reprocessing
Many healthcare professionals are aware of single-use device reprocessing and its benefits. According to the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors, the savings generated by such programs can strengthen a facilityโs financial sustainability and help provide a path for more responsible environmental stewardship. Sometimes, ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) may experience situations…
Legal ABCs of drafting contracts with anesthesia
Navigating contracts with anesthesia when anesthesiology services are suffering from workforce shortages and high costs is often tricky and complex. The biggest mistake ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) make is that they do not know what they want when entering a contract negotiation with an anesthesia provider. As a result, ASCs…
HHS Report: Role of automation in cybersecurity attacks
Editor's Note As cyber attacks on healthcare organizations continue to rise in number, the US department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report examining the role of automation in cybersecurity, December 13 Health Care Dive reports. According to cybersecurity company, Sophos, the percentage of ransomware attacks on healthcare…
Time to surgery after COVID-19 linked to postop CV complications
Editor's Note This study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, finds that increased time from COVID-19 diagnosis to having a surgical procedure was linked to decreased odds of experiencing major postoperative cardiovascular (CV) complications. A total of 3,997 adult patients who had a previous diagnosis of COVID-19 and underwent…
7 more systems starting nursing programs
Editor's Note Seven more health systems are updating, expanding, or opening nursing programs, the December 13 Beckerโs Hospital Review reports. The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Abramson Family Center for Nursing Excellence, Philadelphia, started a Diversity Nurse Leader Fellowship Program. Montana State University Mark and Robyn Jones…
OR Manager Conference recording packages now available
Editor's Note The OR Manager Conference offers unique leadership education to perioperative leaders that aims to maximize efficiencies, overcome challenges, and improve operational skills. You too can access the educational content by purchasing a session recording package from the conference for just $150. All packagesโwe offer six totalโinclude six audio…
AHA report urges healthcare systems to be creative with staffing solutions
Editor's Note Healthcare systems need to find innovative solutions to address the nursing shortage, according to a 2023 report from American Hospital Association (AHA), reports December 9 Beckerโs Hospital Review. The report noted that the US nursing workforce lost over 100,000 people within the last 3 years, which is the…