OR Manager - July 2020 - 1

JULY
2020
Volume 36
Number 7
The monthly publication for OR decision makers
IN THIS ISSUE
OR Manager Conference
Taming bullies requires
courage, commitment,
and consistent effort
COVID-19
Agile, data-driven strategy
for managing the OR
after COVID-19
COVID-19
Pre-COVID initiatives pave
way for successful crisis
management
COVID-19
Is your SPD ready for a
post-COVID world?
COVID-19
ASC offsets some revenue
loss through 'Hospital Without
Walls' waiver
20
Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Proactive payment collection
reduces bad debt risk
Self-awareness fosters higher
emotional intelligence
23
26
18
16
14
6
COVID-19
Different timetables, similar challenges
seen in elective surgical caseloads
R
esuming elective surgical procedures
is critical for recovering
revenue lost during the early
phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and
treating patients whose health may
have been compromised while awaiting
surgery. Timetables and protocols for
resuming those procedures tend to differ
by facility, but OR leaders nationwide
feel that " we're all in this together. "
Here's a look at how some of them
were planning or rescheduling proceOR
business
Defining 'wants' vs 'needs' drives
success of instrument standardization
ospitals nationwide have thousands
of unique instrument
trays that take up valuable
space on their shelves. Many trays are
cluttered with rarely used instruments
that are there " just in case. "
H
The problem can be particularly
acute in large health systems. Across
Cleveland Clinic's multiple locations in
northeast Ohio, for example, more than
50,000 instruments were processed
daily, and up to 50% of those instruments
were going unused during surgical
procedures.
" Not only were 50% of those instruments
going unused, but they had to be
reprocessed over and over again, " says
Mark Taylor, MD, FASE, chairman of
enterprise surgical operations at Cleveland
Clinic. " The instrument sets were
built, and then they grew, " says Dr Taylor.
" They never shrank. "
In addition, there were significant
storage issues at Cleveland Clinic's
facilities. In the last 15 years, Cleveland
Clinic has grown from 1 hospital
dures
as of early May. For more on this
and other aspects to consider in the
COVID-19 era, see articles elsewhere in
this issue under the COVID-19 banner.
Pillars of protection
In a recent article, Atul Gawande,
MD, describes four general practices
at Mass General Brigham in Boston
that have enabled staff there to work
safely with few infection transmissions:
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to 17 hospitals and ambulatory
surgery centers (ASCs). The smallest
facility is a four-room ASC, and the
largest location is the organization's
main campus, with more than 80 ORs
spread across five buildings.
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