OR Manager Webinar Series

Webinar Calendar

Unless otherwise noted, webinars are on Thursday at 2 pm eastern (1 pm central; noon mountain; 11 am Pacific)

Registered participants will earn CEU's.

OR Manager Management Development Program

Are you a new OR manager, or an aspiring manager? Or perhaps you are already a manager but would like to update your skills.

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March 18, 2010

Successful Acquisition and Management of Capital Purchases

As an OR Manager you will be challenged to develop and gain approval for new services, programs, and capital purchases. Administration will expect concrete information that will support acquisition or denial of the request. It is imperative that you can clearly demonstrate the benefit of the request though justifications, ROI, RFPs, and cost-benefit analysis.

The speaker will share her expertise from the background as a materials manager, OR business manager, and currently the VP of perioperative services. She will provide examples of data reports and cost-benefit analysis and discuss how to demonstrate maximum return on investment and conduct a clinical review process. You will hear how to present information to administration to gain financial support for new initiatives.

Dana Crompton-Hime, MHA
VP Perioperative Services, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Miller Children’s Hospital, Long Beach, California


This is an hour-and-a-half webinar. Fee $179.

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March 25, 2010 No Retained Objects: An Ongoing Challenge

A retained object is a devastating event for both the patient and the surgical team. Statistics show that retained objects are actually under reported. Over a two-year period at Christiana Care Health System, which performs 44,000 surgeries each year, there were three incidents of retained objects. The root-cause team took a different approach to identifying opportunities to prevent further mishaps.

The speakers will identify the factors that contributed to the incidents of retained objects and describe the effect human factors play in the OR setting. Curran will share the development and implementation of a patient-focused count program that emphasizes involvement of the entire team. Revised policy and practice changes resulted in no retained objects in over three years.

This is an hour-long webinar. Fee $149. Additional listeners may obtain CEUs,

Leaders:
Mary Cay Curran, RN, MSN, CAPA, Perioperative Manager for Clinical Standards, and Judith A. Townsley, RN, MSN, CPAN, Director of Clinical Operations, Perioperative Services, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware.

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