OR Business Management Summit chair outlines data-driven strategies for financial, operational success

Although hospital performance from January to April 2025 outpaced the first 4 months of 2024, according to Kaufman Hall’s June 2025 “National Hospital Flash Report,” many surgical departments remain under intense financial pressure. Labor and supply costs continue to rise, while surgical services are especially vulnerable to inefficiencies like labor overstaffing and uneven case lengths. Meanwhile, legislative and regulatory changes continue to rock the market, reshaping reimbursement and compliance expectations. In this unstable environment, OR inefficiencies—often a hospital’s largest source of revenue and expense—can tip a system from financial viability to deficit.