Everyone wants the OR to run smoothly—on-time starts, few delays, a well-managed schedule, and buy-in on quality and safety projects. To make it happen takes strong leadership and collaboration. The traditional OR committee may not be up to the task. Too often, it becomes a complaint forum, with the OR director caught in the middle. Perioperative departments need a strong governance structure to build a bridge between often competing agendas of physicians and the institution. They also need leadership to meet the growing list of patient safety and quality expectations.
Perioperative leaders navigate some of the most challenging dynamics in…
Takeaways • Although the central tenets of value-based healthcare have…
Takeaways • Interdepartmental collaboration and standardized communication are essential to…