Tag: Growth

Optimizing vendor partnerships for cost containment, growth in ASCs: OR Manager Conference Session Preview

Growth is the goal in any ASC—growth in volume, growth in profits, and often growth to new locations. For DISC Surgery Centers, which just opened its sixth ambulatory surgery center (ASC) through parent company TriasMD, that growth has been the result of many factors. A key driver, according to Frank…

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By: Carina Stanton
September 24, 2025
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Surgical leaders urged to weigh risks, rewards of innovation with a critical eye

Editor's Note Innovation is transforming surgical care faster than most institutions can keep pace, but leaders must distinguish between investments that advance patient care and those that add cost without meaningful benefit. That is the central message from a September 8 Harvard Medical School article featuring insights from Jon O.…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
September 22, 2025
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Getting ready for OR Manager Conference 2025: Neha Amin on reclaiming balance, joy, purpose

Editor’s Note: This page is a companion piece to the main article, Surgeon-turned-coach on reclaiming joy, purpose in healthcare: Countdown to the 2025 OR Manager Conference.   Neha Amin, DO, FACS, NBC-HWC, will be attending this year’s OR Manager Conference for the first time. OR Manager talked to her about her…

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By: Carina Stanton
September 16, 2025
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Surgeon-turned-coach on reclaiming joy, purpose in healthcare: Countdown to the 2025 OR Manager Conference

Burnout continues to threaten the perioperative workforce, pushing many leaders out of clinical practice altogether. Neha Amin, DO, FACS, NBC-HWC, a double-board certified surgeon specializing in burns, knows the toll burnout can take on healthcare professionals, having faced it personally. After navigating her own burnout experience, she founded a coaching…

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By: Carina Stanton
September 16, 2025
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Getting ready for OR Manager Conference 2025: Dan Weberg on innovation, user-centered design

Editor’s Note: This page is a companion piece to the main article, How nurse leaders can drive healthcare innovation: Countdown to the 2025 OR Manager Conference.   Dan Weberg, PhD, MHI, RN, FAAN, will be attending this year’s OR Manager Conference for the first time. OR Manager talked to him about…

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By: Carina Stanton
September 8, 2025
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How nurse leaders can drive healthcare innovation: Countdown to the 2025 OR Manager Conference

Much like the Blockbuster video store chain had a choice to innovate before the rise of streaming, Dan Weberg, PhD, MHI, RN, FAAN, thinks healthcare is at a similar crossroads. As an ER nurse turned educator, executive, and innovation expert, Dr Weberg sees the 4 million nurses nationwide as being…

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By: Carina Stanton
September 8, 2025
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Survey: Perioperative leaders adapt to supply strain, staffing pressure, ASC growth

Editor's Note Perioperative leaders are reshaping how surgical care is delivered, making pragmatic adjustments in the face of supply shortages, staffing constraints, and shifting surgical volume toward ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). Together, the latest three OR Manager pulse polls reveal a profession managing high stakes with a mix of caution,…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
September 3, 2025
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Survey: Shifts in ASC staffing patterns, volume rises at slower rate

Data and surveys

About the survey Data for the Career/Salary Survey were collected from April 1 to June 27, 2025. The list comprised ASC administrators who were either OR Manager subscribers or part of an external list. The survey closed with 90 responses. The margin of error is ±5 percentage points at the…

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By: Cynthia Saver
September 1, 2025
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Lessons for leadership: Navigating change in times of persistent uncertainty

Healthcare has never been static, but today’s perioperative leaders face a unique challenge: steering teams through volatility, complexity, and rapid disruption. In a recent OR Manager webinar, Phyllis Quinlan, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, executive coach, nurse entrepreneur, and longtime advocate for caregiver resilience, offered a candid roadmap for change management in…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
August 28, 2025
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Nursing demand drops in Q2 as healthcare hiring shifts toward physicians, pharmacy

Editor's Note Healthcare hiring slowed in the second quarter of 2025, with nursing and technician roles experiencing steep declines even as physician and pharmacy jobs continued to grow. According to HealthLeaders August 19, the shift signals a potential rebalancing in workforce priorities as hospitals and health systems adapt to financial…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
August 25, 2025
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