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ASC adaptability depends on properly structured leadership

OR Manager

The leadership structure for an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) can be confusing for the uninitiated. Structures vary across ASC types, which range from a single physician owner to complex joint ventures More ยป The post ASC adaptability depends on properly structured leadership appeared first on OR Manager.

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Battling Burnout in Nursing

The Circulating Life

Safe surgical care demands seamless collaboration between surgeons, nurses, techs, and anesthesia providers, so that we can achieve excellent outcomes. And eventually, the long hours, high-stakes decision-making, constant vigilance, and the physical demands of surgery all add up and weโ€™re just done. We have to talk about it.

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Blast from the past: Revised data, evolving standards for OSA care in the perioperative setting

OR Manager

An estimated 22 million Americans were believed to have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in 2019, according to data cited in a February 2019 article published by OR Manager.

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Hidden head injury hazards expose cracks in OR safety culture

OR Manager

Having been knocked out cold by a More ยป The post Hidden head injury hazards expose cracks in OR safety culture appeared first on OR Manager. One of the most sobering moments in the career of anesthesiologist Cornelius Sullivan, MD, occurred not as a caretaker in the OR, but as a patient in the emergency department.

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Data-Driven OR Management

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The challenges for operating room (OR) managers are universal: improving surgical workflow efficiency while providing high-quality, reliable, safe patient care. They monitor from the time the patient arrives at the hospital for surgery until the time that they have a nurse assigned to them.

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Procedural sedation analgesia considerations for ASC leaders

OR Manager

The promise of quicker recovery and fewer complications from sedation, anesthesia, and pain management have drawn clinicians and patients alike to procedures performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and More ยป The post Procedural sedation analgesia considerations for ASC leaders appeared first on OR Manager.

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Ambulatory endoscopy management strategies keep patients, finances healthy

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million times per year in inpatient and outpatient hospital settings as well as ambulatory surgery More ยป The post Ambulatory endoscopy management strategies keep patients, finances healthy appeared first on OR Manager. Performed more than 17.1