OR Manager January 2022 - 1

JANUARY
2022
Volume 38
Number 1
The monthly publication for OR decision makers
IN THIS ISSUE
Leadership
Takeaways and lessons
learned from OR Manager
Conference ...........................12
Four problems and solutions
with physician preference
cards....................................18
Mental health in the
pandemic: New competencies
required ................................21
Navigating the CFPN
credential: A collection of
perspectives .........................25
Are spinal procedures the
wave of the future
for ASCs? .............................28
IMPORTANT
DATES
January 12 - Free Webinar: A
Real-World View of Ureteroscope
Reprocessing Effectiveness and
What Has Happened Since the FDA
Warning Letter in April 2021
January 14 - Call for Proposals
Closes for OR Manager Conference
January 28 - Regular Rate Pricing
Deadline for OR Business
Management Conference
diverse workforce benefits the
organization and the community,
but it can be challenging
to achieve. OR Manager recently spoke
with experts from leadership, human
resources, and DEI (diversity, equity,
and inclusion) to gain insights into how
nurse leaders can build a diverse workforce.
Part 1 (OR Manager, November/
December 2021, pp 1, 6-9) discussed
the value of diversity and the role of
corporate culture and education. Part 2
addresses how to overcome challenges
to building-and sustaining-a diverse
A
Regulations
BY CYNTHIA SAVER
Building a diverse workforce: Part 2
workforce, including resistance, recruitment,
onboarding, and sustainability.
Manage resistance
Resistance occurs with
any change, and DEI efforts
are no exception.
Stefanie Johnson, PhD,
author of the book, Inclusify:
The Power of
Uniqueness and Belonging
to Build Innovative
Teams, says that one way to reduce
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BY JUDITH M. MATHIAS
Mastering surveys by The Joint Commission,
CMS during COVID-19 pandemic
he 2021 OR Manager Conference
in Chicago saw John R. Rosing,
MHA, FACHE, executive vice president
and principal of Patton Healthcare
Consulting, Naperville, Illinois, give
his annual update on mastering Joint
Commission standards and Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) regulations.
T
The
past 2 years of COVID-19 restrictions
have delayed annual surveys and
changed the way they are carried out
for many.
Rosing covered not only the COVID19
influenced survey changes and logistics,
but the most frequently cited
high-risk findings (sidebar, Top 10 most
frequently cited higherrisk
accreditation requirements
for 2020)
and new maternal mortality
standards. He
also spoke on updates
to workplace violence
standards and The Joint
Commission's upcoming
Stefanie
Johnson, PhD
John Rosing,
MHA, FACHE
application of diversity, inclusion, and
equity issues to standards.
Catching up
The Joint Commission is catching up
on its surveys. In the hospital program
alone, there was a backlog of 350 surContinued
on page 6
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