CaseCTRL

MARCH 10, 2023

EMRs are really good at capturing clinical information and creating medical records, but EMRs were never designed to help surgery scheduling or manage a surgical episode that can span multiple weeks and involve multiple stakeholders. Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Ashvin Dewan, discusses below how the EMR falls short in surgery scheduling.

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The Circulating Life

APRIL 18, 2022

To tell you how The Circulating Life began, I have to go back to my first day in the operating room. Although I considered myself an “experienced” nurse, I was not prepared for how different the operating room environment was from the bedside and outpatient areas where I had worked for the past 9 years.

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Caresyntax

MARCH 12, 2024

She says there were three goals for the pilot: reduce faxing and manual steps, improve OR management, and simplify OR scheduling. “We Improving OR Management The OR scheduling pilot ran from June 1 to Sept 1, 2023 and has already proved successful by several measures. “We It was time-consuming and redundant.

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The Circulating Life

APRIL 6, 2022

He asked me if I had ever considered getting the Certified Surgical Services Manager ( CSSM ) credential. I didn’t even really know what it was, but since it had the word manager in the title, it wasn’t on my list of things to do. As a CNOR you’ve mastered and understand the clinical side of the operating room.

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Caresyntax

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Since then, she has spearheaded initiatives in the optimization of Operating Room (OR) management. These initiatives aim to ensure that not only do patients experience minimal wait times, but surgeons are also able to operate more efficiently.

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Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

JULY 25, 2024

Our experience synthesizes the insights from countless ASCs, ORs and non-operative anesthesia sites across the globe and enables us to quickly pinpoint root causes, propose realistic solutions, and help implement changes that benefit your bottom line and patient experience. This can be a frustrating experience for OR managers.

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The Circulating Life

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Monday morning finally came, and it was time to start operating. In that time, I’ve circulated, scrubbed, been an OR Manager, and an Orthopedic Team Leader. And even though I had never worked with anyone in our room before, I felt more prepared and at ease knowing that Shannon was in the room with me. Let the surgeries begin!

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SpecialtyCare

AUGUST 25, 2024

These professionals play a vital role in diagnosing and treating neurological conditions by operating electroencephalography (EEG) machines to monitor brain activity. As you gain experience, you may also have the opportunity to take on leadership roles, such as supervising a team of technologists or managing a neurodiagnostic department.

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Surgimate

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Operating room costs add up by the minute. Surgeons and staff, the coordinators, OR managers, and equipment vendors – shout it from the rooftops. It’s for everyone involved – protecting your vendors, surgeons, sanity, and cash flow. What’s a Canceled Surgery Cost? Time is the star of the show in the surgical world.

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Picis

OCTOBER 15, 2024

i²medi and Picis proudly announced the successful implementation of the Picis OR MANAGER®, a comprehensive operating room management system, into one of Mexico’s major hospital networks. This advanced integration streamlines scheduling and facilitates the effective and safe utilization of resources.

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MEDITEK

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The operating room is an overwhelming, busy place, especially when the overarching goal is to save lives. 3 As an operating room manager, you know firsthand how challenging it is to run an OR, but throw in some inadequate surgical equipment, and your entire OR can shut down. 1 This is staggering.

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Picis

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This collaboration encompasses Picis’ full array of perioperative solutions, such as Anesthesia Manager, PACU Manager, Critical Care Manager, and OR Manager, along with the patient information management tool SmarTrack Next and advanced clinical database analytics tools like Envision and Sepsis Screening.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

In the late 1970’s I was a third-year medical student at a prominent Midwestern medical school, where an unspoken rank system existed in the operating room. The ICU attendings had respectful peer relationships with all the surgeons, including the private-practice cardiac surgeons whose post-operative patients were housed in the ICU.

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The Circulating Life

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

I frequently attend nursing conferences, including AORN, OR Manager, and AORN Chapter Conferences. So get this – the students told me that they were able to do an internship in the operating room during the summer, and they were taught scrubbing and circulating. They are so much fun!

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OR Manager

MARCH 4, 2025

They are regulated; depend on highly educated, high-cost employees; and operate under complex reimbursement structures. Investing in new technologies and More » The post Capital funding crunch spurs creative hospital financing appeared first on OR Manager. Health systems are fundamentally capital intensive.

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OR Manager

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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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OR Manager

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Like the COVID-19 pandemic greatly sped up the proliferation of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) by bringing traditional hospital operations to a standstill, ASCs are again on the poise of another boom.

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