Automated Workflows for Enhanced Efficiency and Improved Access in the ORs
By using workflow automation, hospitals and health systems are finding new and innovative strategies for optimizing capacity, enhancing surgical volume and increasing access to more time for providers. Discover how Northwell Health has been able to integrate automation into surgical scheduling and block management practices across their North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish […]
Optimizing surgical robots to drive efficiency and ROI in the OR
For more than a decade, robot-assisted surgery has been a consistent trend in hospitals and health systems across the country. This shows no signs of slowing down. The benefits of leveraging robots – wisely, cost-effectively, and for the surgical procedures that truly need them — can be many and far-reaching. Average ROI looks like a […]
Change Management and Effective Governance is Critical to Driving Efficient Surgical Volume Growth
The OR’s revenue potential, particularly in elective surgical procedures, is very high as well as the potential costs, and the rising demand for surgical procedures has only been increasing. However, the trend of growing surgical demand has also been associated with an ongoing constraint of supply, and many health systems are now seeking innovative and […]
How OHSU is Leveraging AI and Change Management to Alleviate Staffing Challenges in the OR
Staffing challenges in the operating room (OR) have presented significant hurdles for health systems across the nation. Leaders and managers continue to face daunting challenges in matching the supply of OR staff to the unpredictable demands of surgery schedules. The planning process, often reactive and time-consuming, lacks the proactive approach necessary for optimal outcomes and […]
Texas Healthcare System Sees 28% Relative Increase in Prime Time Utilization
With multiple hospitals across Texas, this health system’s perioperative departments face many challenges every day. But a throughline across all their ORs is a desire to grow case volume and improve OR efficiency to both improve costs for the system, and to best position themselves to serve the growing needs of the community.
New survey shows perioperative leaders’ focus on staffing as nationwide shortages continue into 2024
For patients, surgeons, and clinical staff alike, the experience of scheduling surgical procedures can be highly frustrating. Patients, on top of their apprehension going into surgery, often undergo long lead times before procedures and in some cases, last-minute reschedules. For surgeons and OR staff, operational roadblocks are also far too common. These include surgeons being […]
Memorial Hospital Increased Block Utilization by 12%
Memorial Hospital is an independent not-for-profit community hospital located in Marysville, Ohio. The main hospital has three operating rooms (OR), along with two endoscopy rooms, one obstetrical operating room, and a free standing surgery center. Performing over 6,000 procedures annually, Memorial Hospital is dedicated to providing high-quality care to the local community. Like many hospitals, […]
Unlocking Surgical Volume: Strategies for Improving OR Capacity through Data-Driven Decisions
Knowing how and where to allocate block time is a notoriously challenging problem to solve for perioperative leaders. Time in the operating room (OR) is a finite resource, and nearly every surgeon leader has a need for additional block time. Even when surgical service lines or surgeons receive requested block time, underutilization is common while […]
From Conflict to Collaboration: A Deep Dive into Data-Driven Decision-Making
Maximizing surgeon and staff productivity and efficient use of operating room time (and minimizing conflict) that arises around surgeon accessibility and efficient use of operating room time is an achievable goal when all stakeholders have the capability to easily access transparent and actionable data. Adopting technology with predictive and prescriptive data analytics drives meaningful conversations, […]
Optimizing OR Flow: How Data-Driven Insights Help Anesthesia Groups and Hospitals Work Smarter, Together
Join UCHealth’s Associate Chief Medical Officer Perioperative Services to gain insight on how data-driven insights optimized operating room scheduling and drive efficiency gains. By leveraging both technology and standardizing workflows, the UCHealth team continues to enhance coordination and efficiency between anesthesia groups and hospitals with impressive results. Three Learning objectives: