CaseCTRL

JULY 2, 2024

Efficient operating room (OR) management is crucial in today’s healthcare environment, where the costs associated with running an operating room can range from $30 to $100 per minute. One of the most effective ways to improve OR efficiency is by leveraging advanced surgery scheduling software.

Operating Room

OR Manager

JULY 30, 2024

The administrator of an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) wears many hats, doing every odd job in the book to keep their free-standing center safe, compliant, and operational. But what does “wearing many More » The post ASC management is a skill: A day in the administrator role appeared first on OR Manager.

OR Manager

Caresyntax

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

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.

OR Manager

walkerproject

JANUARY 20, 2021

Melcher , Senior Medical Expert walkerproject ag, specialist in surgery, focus on visceral surgery, general and trauma surgery. The operating room area is confronted with a variety of challenges in everyday life. Experience shows that the quality of management in a complex business is highly dependent on the individual.

Operating Room

CaseCTRL

MARCH 10, 2023

Does your team find your EMR surgery scheduling functions to be lacking? Are users searching multiple calendars, task lists, or encounters to get the information they need to schedule surgery? Ashvin Dewan, discusses below how the EMR falls short in surgery scheduling.

Surgery

Surgimate

DECEMBER 8, 2023

But just like in any epic movie, there’s a plot twist waiting to unfold – a surgery gets canceled. But the show must go on – the surgery cancellation policy and protocol ensure that everyone is notified, the block time doesn’t go to waste, and rescheduling starts immediately. Why Have a Surgery Cancellation Policy?

Surgery

Caresyntax

MARCH 12, 2024

Kat is the System Director of Surgical Services at UHS-owned Northern Nevada Health System, where she oversees the ambulatory surgery center and both of the system’s acute-care facilities. She says there were three goals for the pilot: reduce faxing and manual steps, improve OR management, and simplify OR scheduling. “We

Communication

Caresyntax

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Since then, she has spearheaded initiatives in the optimization of Operating Room (OR) management. These initiatives aim to ensure that not only do patients experience minimal wait times, but surgeons are also able to operate more efficiently.

Collaboration

The Circulating Life

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

I was so impressed with the team from One World Surgery (OWS). Let the surgeries begin! Monday morning finally came, and it was time to start operating. In that time, I’ve circulated, scrubbed, been an OR Manager, and an Orthopedic Team Leader. This was a great group of people! I’ve been a nurse for 22 years.

Operating Room

MEDITEK

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The operating room is an overwhelming, busy place, especially when the overarching goal is to save lives. In 2020, over 353,000 surgeries, procedures, and appointments with specialists were delayed across Canada due to the pandemic. 1 This is staggering. Moreover, the pandemic has not made working in the OR any easier.

Operating Room

The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

In the late 1970’s I was a third-year medical student at a prominent Midwestern medical school, where an unspoken rank system existed in the operating room. The ICU attendings had respectful peer relationships with all the surgeons, including the private-practice cardiac surgeons whose post-operative patients were housed in the ICU.

Operating Room

The Circulating Life

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

I frequently attend nursing conferences, including AORN, OR Manager, and AORN Chapter Conferences. Nursing Conferences = Vendors One of the fun parts of my job with First Case is that I have gotten to meet so many different vendors and I’ve learned so much about the great products out there making surgery better and safer.

Nurse

OR Manager

MAY 13, 2025

Remote surgery has come a long way since the first-ever case in 2001, when a surgeon in New York City operated on a patient in Strasbourg, France. Remote-controlled […] The post Telesurgery possibilities becoming more than remote appeared first on OR Manager.

OR Manager

OR Manager

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Like the COVID-19 pandemic greatly sped up the proliferation of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) by bringing traditional hospital operations to a standstill, ASCs are again on the poise of another boom.

OR Manager

OR Manager

MARCH 4, 2025

They are regulated; depend on highly educated, high-cost employees; and operate under complex reimbursement structures. Investing in new technologies and More » The post Capital funding crunch spurs creative hospital financing appeared first on OR Manager. Health systems are fundamentally capital intensive.

Hospital

OR Manager

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Amid rising demand for surgical procedures, improving perioperative operations is a pressing priority for any hospital. For a system serving one of the fastest-growing counties in the US, it becomes an More » The post No construction required—AI uncovers system-wide capacity appeared first on OR Manager.

OR Manager

Picis

APRIL 29, 2025

Government healthcare systems serve diverse populations with unique operational and clinical challenges. These systems ensure that underserved communities receive timely, effective care frequently while operating within tight budget constraints.

Post-Anesthesia