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The anesthesia staffing crisis: How we got here, what hospitals can do

OR Manager

Last November, two hospitals in Portland, Oregon, reportedly had to cancel several hundred procedures—nearly all nonemergency surgeries—due to a shortage of anesthesia providers. This incident is just one More » The post The anesthesia staffing crisis: How we got here, what hospitals can do appeared first on OR Manager.

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Data-Driven OR Management

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The challenges for operating room (OR) managers are universal: improving surgical workflow efficiency while providing high-quality, reliable, safe patient care. They monitor from the time the patient arrives at the hospital for surgery until the time that they have a nurse assigned to them.

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Rural hospitals contend with challenging opportunities

OR Manager

Rural hospitals in the US have been facing a prolonged, multifaceted crisis. The literature presents several reasons for why healthcare facilities in rural areas struggle, including shrinking budgets, rising More » The post Rural hospitals contend with challenging opportunities appeared first on OR Manager.

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Conference community-building proves its worth

OR Manager

How should responsibilities associated with C-sections be divided between the OR team and the OB/GYN department at a staff-strapped rural hospital? This was just one of many questions I had never considered More » The post Conference community-building proves its worth appeared first on OR Manager.

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No construction required—AI uncovers system-wide capacity

OR Manager

Amid rising demand for surgical procedures, improving perioperative operations is a pressing priority for any hospital. For a system serving one of the fastest-growing counties in the US, it becomes an More » The post No construction required—AI uncovers system-wide capacity appeared first on OR Manager.

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Why nurse travelers are more friends than foes

OR Manager

Many are quick to blame travelers for the poor state of hospital finances. However, isn’t there a difference between a traveler in the OR—an interim staff member in the hospital’s profit center—and an More » The post Why nurse travelers are more friends than foes appeared first on OR Manager.

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On-demand staffing reduces costs, boosts efficiency

OR Manager

However, some hospital systems are gradually reclaiming control over their budgets by finding ways More » The post On-demand staffing reduces costs, boosts efficiency appeared first on OR Manager. For many healthcare facilities, operational costs are steadily rising, and no clearcut solution is in sight.