Save the Date: OR Business Management Conference 2023, call for proposals
Editor's Note For those who were unable to join us in San Antonio for the 2022 OR Business Management Conference, each session has been recorded and will be available for purchase and to earn CE credit online. Attendees of the conference receive complimentary access to all recorded sessions. Stay tuned…
Session: Rules of engagement for strengthening interdisciplinary partnerships
Editor's Note In this session, Robin Kaufman, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, NEA-BC, associate chief nurse, perianesthesia, procedural, and ambulatory services at Brigham and Woman’s Faulkner Hospital (BWFH), and Jeffrey Blackwell, MHA, FACHE, senior director, perioperative business operations, at UMass Memorial Medical Center, tackled how to strengthen interdisciplinary partnerships via co-leadership and…
Session: How will we staff the economic engine of the hospital?
Editor's Note Surgical services contribute a considerable portion—roughly 60%—of a facility’s revenue; healthcare facilities cannot afford to not staff surgical departments and ORs. James Stobinski, PhD, RN, CSSM(E), CNOR, CNAMB, CEO of the Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI), offered this year’s conference attendees a more holistic outlook when discussing the…
Keynote: Cybersecurity risk management, protecting your OR and bottom line
Editor's Note Juuso Leinonen, principal project engineer at ECRI, an independent nonprofit healthcare research organization, captured OR Business Management Conference attendees with this message: cybersecurity is a patient safety issue. Each year, ECRI produces a list of 10 health technology hazards, and in 2022, cybersecurity attacks topped the list. During…
Session: Anesthesia, friend or foe? How to best align with anesthesia partners
Editor's Note Robert Stiefel, MD, principal at Enhance Healthcare Consulting, invited this session’s attendees to see how OR leaders can align their strategy—be it financial, staffing, or other—with anesthesia providers to maximize perioperative performance. As with all facets of healthcare, especially seen in nursing, anesthesia providers are also facing massive…
Session: Right-size your surgical supply inventory
Editor's Note In this session, Brooke Mullett, MBA, senior director of operations for perioperative and surgical services at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), and Ash Crowe, project manager at St. Onge Company, walked attendees through a $100 million renovation project of the CCHMC ORs and surgical supply inventory. Even…
Keynote: Turn your workplace into a WOWplace
Editor's Note The OR Business Management Conference opened on Monday, May 16, with a riveting presentation on how to lead teams to success by turning the workplace into a WOWplace—an innovative concept that calls on leaders to find that something that will create a work environment that employees will not…
OR Manager’s OR Business Management Conference kicks off
Editor's Note The OR Business Management Conference opens today! We are celebrating the 10th year we get to bring together business managers, financial directors, administrators, and C- and D-suite executives involved in running the logistics of the surgical suite. This is the only conference that is focused on driving efficiency…
Report: Profession facing shortage of 450,000 nurses by 2025
Editor's Note According to a McKinsey & Company report, titled “Assessing the lingering impact of COVID-19 on the nursing workforce” and published on May 11, the nursing profession in the US will be facing a shortage of 200,000 to 450,000 of RNs “available for direct patient care” by 2025, Becker’s…
Effect of ‘serenity lounges’ on nurse stress, burnout during COVID-19
Editor's Note This study by nurse researchers from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles evaluates the effect of “serenity lounges” (ie, dedicated rooms where nurses can take breaks to relax and rejuvenate) and massage chairs on nurse anxiety, stress, and burnout, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers analyzed 67 paired…