During October's OR Manager Conference in Anaheim, Calif., neurosurgeon Betsy Grunch, MD, FAANS, FACS, FCNS, of Longstreet Clinic in Gainesville, Ga., focused on how perioperative teams can better communicate in the OR. She noted that breaking these communication barriers isn't simply a matter of improving workplace culture and the psychological…

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In any OR, a combustible combination of personalities and stressful situations can set off a chain of reactions that can at best lengthen surgeries or hurt feelings and at worst jeopardize patient safety and outcomes. As a board-certified neurosurgeon at Longstreet Clinic in Gainesville, Ga., Betsy Grunch, MD, FAANS, FACS,…

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While many organizations are rightly looking to AI for improving productivity, they may be overlooking the benefits of AI for more creative pursuits, including generating new ideas when large language models like ChatGPT are used correctly, according to experts from a December 17 news story in Harvard Business Review. The…

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Editor's Note This year several major healthcare systems reported changes to their respective leadership structures to improve efficiency, connectivity and patient care, such as creating new roles, eliminating others, and establishing new markets or regions with dedicated leadership teams. And these changes are proving beneficial, according to a December 16…

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Editor's Note Hospitals and health systems are making targeted investments in base pay and moving to stabilize their nursing workforce, according to a December 16 BusinessWire press release on findings from a new labor report on registered nurse compensation. Numbers on compensation by nursing role showed that RN leaders and…

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Editor's Note For any nurse, moral distress and conflict can arise when treatment plans, family wishes, or institutional pressures don't align with patients' expressed preferences. Strategies to plan for professional and ethical judgment across nursing care can provide a solution. This is according to insights from a vice president and…

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Editor's Note A stronger focus on AI governance and data practices will be a major directive in the year ahead, according to a December 15 news story in Becker’s Health IT. One important place to start is refining how AI tools are reviewed before they are deployed. For example, a…

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Editor's Note It is not unusual for a nurse to leave a health care system to try a different clinical setting, explore travel nursing, or move to administration or education. When this nurses comes back to the organization—known as a boomerang nurse hire—research suggests benefits as well as risks, according…

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Editor's Note Six health system strategic leaders recently shared the key performance indicators they are paying closest attention to when assessing system performance, according to a December 12 news story in Becker’s Hospital Review. For example, culture of safety is the signal that a chief administrative officer in Seattle, Washington…

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Editor's Note Since equipping ORs with video cameras for computer-vision capability at AdventHealth Celebration in Florida, AI-driven data have provided a key resource for improving OR efficiency in several ways, according to an OR leader from the facility highlighted in a December 3 blog post from AORN Periop Life. One…

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