Timely delivery needed to ensure safety of loaned instruments
Imagine that during a total joint surgical procedure, debris comes out of a surgical instrument and lands directly inside a patientโs open wound. Although such a scenario is rare, when it does occur, it creates a major patient infection risk. Many standards and guidelines recommend best practices that can help…
Incentive payments push staff to reach productivity goals
Any process improvement project is far more likely to succeed with backing from leadership. The familiar phrase, โthe buck stops here,โ reflects a mindset that applies to OR managers who take ownership of what happens to their patients and their staffs every day. But what if they could say, โthe…
Survey: COVID-19 is a worry, but compensation remains stable
The COVID-19 pandemic is top of mind for ambulatory surgery center (ASC) leaders, finds the OR Manager 2020 Salary/Career Survey. Most of the 69 ASC leaders who completed the survey responded to an open-ended question about how the pandemic had affected their facility and staff, with the most frequent comments…
Successful supply chain management in an ASC
With more technologically advanced procedures being performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), itโs increasingly important to monitor data on supplies and manage physician preferences for particular implants. Physicians donโt always realize that reimbursement is lower for many procedures performed in an ASC than in hospitals, and therefore they may not…
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Presented in partnership by: Wednesday, November 11 | 12:00 โ 1:00 p.m. ET | 1 CE Operating rooms grapple with time lost due to late starts, lengthy turnovers, underutilized blocks, unused blocks, and more. At the same time, many surgeons are clamoring for increased access to handle more cases. In…
Deaths reported during the pandemic far exceed those from COVID-19
Editor's Note For every two deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the US between March and July, a third person died as a result of the pandemic, finds this study from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond. COVID-19 was cited in 65% of excess deaths (the gap between observed…
Hospital executives worried about financial viability without vaccine
Editor's Note A Kaufman Hall survey released October 19 finds that nearly 75% of hospital executives are โextremelyโ or โmoderatelyโ worried about their organizationsโ financial viability without a COVID-19 vaccine. One third say year-over-year operating margins dropped more than 100% in the second quarter. The only specialty area that a…
ACS: Effect of COVID-19 on surgical experience of residents, early-career surgeons
Editor's Note An American College of Surgeons survey finds a significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical residents and early-career surgeons. Of 1,160 respondents (465 residents, 695 early-career surgeons), 96% reported the pandemic had a negative effect on their clinical experience. About one third reported inadequate access to personal…
FDA reissues EUA for N95 respirators manufactured in China
Editor's Note The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on October 15 announced that it reissued the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for certain N95 and other filtering face-piece respirators that are manufactured in China and are not approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionโs National Institute for Occupational Safety…