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Change Management and Effective Governance is Critical to Driving Efficient Surgical Volume Growth

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Brian Dawson, MSN, RN-BC, CNOR, CSSM
System VP of Perioperative Services, CommonSpirit Health
Dana Ringer
Dana Ringer
System VP Financial Strategy, CommonSpirit Health

Summary

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 transformative solutions to improve operational efficiency, maximize capacity, and grow surgical volume. 

Join us to discover how CommonSpirit is leveraging the combination of the right technology, the right processes and the change management expertise to create lasting impact. See the transformative potential of integrating AI, talented experts, and strategic insights in perioperative operations and how this dynamic combination empowers complex organizations to achieve their operational goals.

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Chapter 1: The Looming Challenge

If you work in the healthcare industry, or even if you’re just an interested observer, you don’t need a book to tell you that the financial pressure is on as never before. A perfect storm of circumstances is swirling together, one that will make survivability, not to mention profitability, a greater challenge for healthcare companies than we’ve seen in the modern era.

As with banks, retailers, and airlines, which had to rapidly enhance their brick-and-mortar footprints with robust online business models—it is the early movers eager to gain new efficiencies that will thrive and gain market share. The slow-to-move and the inefficient will end up being consolidated into larger health systems seeking to expand their geographical footprints.

The pressures on healthcare

Let’s look at just a few of the looming challenges healthcare must meet head-on.

An aging population

By the year 2030, the number of adults sixty-five years of age or older will exceed the number of children eighteen years or younger in the United States. We are living longer than our parents did. Positive news for sure, but problematic for several reasons.

The older we get, the more medical help we need. Older people have more chronic diseases. By 2025, nearly 50 percent of the population will suffer from one or more chronic diseases that will require ongoing medical intervention. This combination of an aging population and an increase in chronic diseases will create a ballooning demand for healthcare services.

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