Your playbook for OR wins is in Anaheim

Editor's Note

Lock in system-level wins fast. The 2025 OR Manager Conference is right around the corner (October 28–30 in Anaheim, California), and it is loaded with how-to sessions that turn ideas into throughput, revenue, and workforce results you can bring home in Q4.

This year’s agenda centers on pragmatic, data-backed tactics across perioperative operations, leadership, and ambulatory surgery center (ASC) growth. Expect real numbers and repeatable methods, including health systems’ playbook to align several hospitals, lift staffed OR utilization, and complete more cases in one year without adding ORs. You can also dig into the mechanics of training and deploying AI for block optimization, from input data to measurable gains in available OR hours. Sessions on turnover-time reduction and dashboard design show how to standardize training, capture real-time metrics, and convert reports and emails into an actionable performance cockpit.

For ASC leaders, the program gets specific on cost control and scale. Learn to use GPOs, regional contracting, and value analysis to negotiate smarter, then apply cross-training models that move OR circulators into PACU to flex for volume swings. A two-part series breaks down how to launch complex spine and total joints safely in ASCs, with surgeon and anesthesia perspectives on criteria, robotics, and complication management. A benchmarking session closes the loop by turning CMS-required measures into targeted improvement projects that elevate safety and satisfaction.

Keynotes push both innovation and well-being. Dan Weberg, PhD, MHI, RN, FAAN, opens with a call for nurse-led disruption and practical tools to scale micro-innovations. Later, surgeon and coach Neha Amin, DO, FACS, NBC-HWC, guides leaders to restore balance and purpose with actionable strategies to prevent and recover from burnout. Monica Wofford caps the week with ten conflict-busting tactics to transform difficult behaviors into team performance. Neurosurgeon and creator Betsy Grunch (@Ladyspinedoc) adds a timely focus on psychological safety and communication, translating frontline lessons into concrete steps for safer OR teams.

Do not skip the sponsored working sessions. Inova details how it achieved a 46% release fill rate to convert open time into booked cases, while Torq and others unpack vendor tray workflow fixes that relieve SPD bottlenecks. The Periop Networking & Innovation Hub adds hands-on demos, CE micro-sessions, and targeted networking so you leave with contacts and an implementation plan.

There is still time to register HERE. And if you are local to the area, join us to experience the Periop Networking & Innovation Hub for free! Click HERE to register for your Innovation Hub Only Pass.