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recommendations where intelligent automation
can be used to drive sustainable
long-term performance improvement
in the perioperative suite:
* Optimize block release lead time.
Predictive analytics tools suggest
strategically releasing time that will
likely go unused based on historical
behavior. This helps blockholders
improve their own performance metrics,
while also giving OR leaders
ample lead time to fill that block with
other cases.
* Increase OR schedule transparency.
A virtual marketplace platform
gives OR schedulers awareness
of which surgeons have a case to
schedule, and it gives surgeons
visibility of available time. Making
schedule transparency a part of your
perioperative culture improves utilization,
and increased case volume
becomes self-sustaining.
* Block management in real-time-
equip schedulers with efficient
tools. Tech-savvy tools support OR
schedulers in managing the blocks
and the OR schedule. With an operations
management platform, requests
for time are organized in a
single place and priority ranked to
identify the best matches for time
based on organization policies and
initiatives.
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* Holistic perioperative management.
Using digital tools allows you to take
a dynamic approach to schedule
management, including prescriptive
recommendations for block schedule
optimization and substantiating
block reallocation. Monitoring the
right metrics while using technology
to streamline processes, workflows,
and access to data creates a shift
to a more dynamic, fluid approach
to managing the entire perioperative
continuum that will drive sustainable
change.
Technology that supports the care
experience, eases workloads, and enables
collaboration between cross-functional
teams is central to effective and
sustainable performance excellence.
As a former hospital nurse executive,
and now as a consultant on clinical
and hospital operations, I am enthusiastic
about intelligent automation advances
available to clinical operations
managers today. In the areas of communication,
collaboration, and resolving
conflict, data-driven decisions that
are transparent to everyone can support
your recommendations, show each
person the impact of their role, and
remove any ambiguity in resolving disagreements.
Technological
advancements that
support optimized healthcare operations
improve both patient care and
the business health of the enterprise,
upending the long-held stereotypes of
nurses' operational priorities and abilities.
When you can make life easier
for nurses, head off crises before they
occur, measure and report on key operational
performance indicators, and deliver
transparency that keeps everyone
on the same page, you will quickly become
a trusted advocate for your team
and a respected operational leader in
your enterprise. ORM
-Shawn Sefton, MBA,
BSN, RN, is vice president
of clinical operations
and chief nursing officer
at Hospital IQ. She is a
35-year nursing executive
who continues to advocate
for nurses and their impact on operational
performance in healthcare.
References
AACN position statement on the practice
doctorate in nursing. American
Association of Colleges of Nursing.
Accessed January 2022.
Eight leadership skills every nurse
leader must have. Benedictine University.
Accessed January 2022.
www.ormanager.com
https://www.ormanager.com/proposals https://www.aacnnursing.org/DNP/Position-Statement https://online.ben.edu/programs/msn/resources/five-leadership-skills-every-nurse-leader-must-have http://www.ormanager.com
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