OR Manager April 2023 - 1

APRIL
2023
Volume 39
Number 4
Education and information for OR decision makers
OR BENCHMARKS
BY NANCY LOMBARD
IN THIS ISSUE
INDUSTRY BEATS
Lean visual management
board huddle helps improve
performance ................................7
Improving situational awareness
in ASCs .......................................9
Minimizing procedural variability
must be a priority for MedTech ....11
Reader's choice: OR am top
read stories ...............................13
SPECIALTY STORIES
From buddy to boss: Path from SPD
peer to SPD leader ....................24
Collaborate to prevent infections
in the OR ...................................26
Collaboration in, out of the OR:
Two surgeons' perspectives ........29
IMPORTANT
DATES
The 2023 Career & Salary Survey
is now open!
Survey closes on May 24.
Results will be published in Sept
and Oct 2023
Ambulatory Surgery Center Association
2023 Conference & Expo
Louisville, KY, May 17-20
Visit the OR Manager booth #803!
OR Manager Conference 2023
Nashville, TN, September 18-20
Early bird rate ends June 20!
How benchmarking data informs leading
practices: Part 1
he terms " best practices, "
" benchmarking, " and " leading
practices " are often used in
healthcare, and sometimes, they are
used interchangeably.
What do they mean?
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* Best practices are health practices,
methods, interventions, procedures,
or techniques based on high-quality
evidence that are used to improve
patient and healthcare outcomes.
* Benchmarking is comparing the
performance of an organization or
clinicians to others, with the goal
of improving quality, efficiency, and
STAFFING
patient experience; however, benchmarking
will not show exactly where
problems may be occurring.
* Leading practices are innovative,
people-centered, evidence-informed
practices that have been implemented
by teams in an organization
and can encompass best practices
and benchmarking.
OR Manager recently performed a
survey that looked at leading practices
in ORs around the country that can be
used as a guide to set and accomplish
goals.
Continued on page 15
BY CYNTHIA SAVER
State of perioperative workforce in 2023:
Part 1
n 2023, perioperative nurse leaders
still face unprecedented challenges,
with the biggest being a lack of sufficient
numbers of trained staff. OR Manager
sought to know more about what
leaders on the frontlines are experiencing
related to the workforce, and what
strategies they are using (or plan to
use) in the upcoming months.
This three-part series is the outcome
of conversations with leaders in hospitals
and ambulatory surgery centers
(ASCs) of differing sizes and locations;
the information gleaned provides context
for what has been published about
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the industry in recent months. Part 1
focuses on the hospital OR setting; a
separate article on ASCs will appear
in the May issue. Part 2 will examine
areas outside the OR-postanesthesia
care unit (PACU) and sterile processing
department. The final installment will
turn to OR leaders in all settings and
explore how they are supporting themselves
and new managers in meeting
today's challenges.
A widespread problem
Rising case volumes have contributed
Continued on page 18
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