Perioperative leaders share one primary goal: utilize operating rooms to the fullest potential. Achieving this requires a delicate balance of complex variables such as OR block allocation, surgeon schedules and preferences, hospital policies, and staff schedules, but perioperative leaders typically lack consistent, reliable, and up-to-date information to identify opportunities to…

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The operating suite is a key revenue driver for hospitals, making prime-time OR minutes a critical resource that needs to be carefully managed. But effectively scheduling and managing this complex department is a tremendous challenge. Perioperative leaders are continuously striving to improve utilization, grow surgical volume, keep surgeons satisfied, and properly align resources to…

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The operating room is one of the most lucrative areas within the hospital. Adding as little as one case each day or improving room utilization by 1% can significantly impact your hospital's bottom line. Perioperative leaders are always looking for ways to improve performance and maximize primetime OR and resource…

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Abstract/Learning Objectives: As perioperative departments around the country are resuming elective surgeries, perioperative leadership, surgeons, and nursing leadership are working to together to plan for and accommodate the large backlog of elective cases that were canceled as a result of COVID-19. In this eBook, Hospital IQ shares 7 guiding tenets…

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This whitepaper explores the key advantages of contract partnerships by first identifying industry trends and the challenges hospital leaders and managers face and then by analyzing how third-party service providers can help in driving down expenditures and increasing procedural volume, thus boosting hospital revenue. Such analysis and operational strategies are…

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Mobile sterile processing capabilities are transforming the way healthcare leaders choose to renovate and expand hospitals. This whitepaper highlights the operational gains of two hospital systems that used a mobile sterile processing unit during construction and renovation. Case study profiles illustrate six guiding principles for healthcare leaders to embrace with…

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The results of our 2019 Career and Salary Survey are in! We surveyed over 300 OR, ASC and PACU leaders to find out which industry trends are having the biggest impact on their jobs, as well as their opinions about job satisfaction, compensation, staffing and reimbursement trends nationwide. Fill out…

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All perioperative leaders share one primary goal: utilize their operating rooms, the most expensive area of the hospital, to their fullest potential. Achieving this goal requires integrating such complex variables as operating room block allocation, surgeon schedules and preferences, hospital policies, and staff schedules, but perioperative leaders typically lack the…

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This whitepaper explores key benefits of partnering with vendors by identifying four key trends affecting hospital performance and by analyzing how third-party service providers can help hospitals adapt to those trends. This was the experience at two health systems, Erlanger Health System and Baystate Health, where healthcare teams benefited from…

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Today’s OR directors feel tremendous pressure to turn over rooms more quickly and efficiently--every minute of OR time affects the hospital’s bottom line. To improve efficiency, OR directors are becoming more aware of the need to approach turnover practices as a process (e.g., room scheduling, room setup, room cleaning) and…

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