Mitigating the Nursing Shortage in Perioperative Services: Causes, Impact, and Retention Strategies

Nursing staffing shortages are being caused by an aging workforce, decreasing student entries in universities, COVID-19, and negative culture within an organization.

Webinar: Cutting-edge supply chain management strategies to boost efficiencies, care quality and cost containment

Experts discuss how to diagnose supply chain inefficiencies, implement sustainable solutions, and monitor ongoing performance. Speakers will provide actionable steps for streamlining inventory management, mitigating waste and risk, and capitalizing on supply standardization opportunities, with a focus on the perioperative space.

Case Study: Driving an ROI through Procedural Services Transformation

A 450+ bed acute care hospital in the Southeast engaged Surgical Directions to transform its perioperative services. Surgeons at the hospital complained of not being able to get cases on the schedule while operating room leadership complained that surgeons were not utilizing their allocated blocks.

Plan and Execute an “OR Reset” in 2022

Hospital executives can lead a post-pandemic financial recovery by reinvigorating OR performance and reworking OR strategy

Strategies to Accommodate the Surgical Backlog

Learn how your organization can accommodate surgical backlog to make up the Q1 budget deficit.

Decrease uncertainty to combat burnout, boost retention.

While Covid-19 has certainly put more of a strain on employee morale, one thing is for sure, provider burnout has been a problem in the OR for years. While no single strategy will prevent or combat this issue, there are common themes that significantly impact it–one of those being uncertainty. Lack of clarity is leaving

Strong new tactics to support COVID-19 financial recovery.

The end of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight, but hospital surgery departments will not likely see a rapid return to normal. Since the start of the pandemic, perioperative leaders have had to stay flexible and act quickly. Over the next 12 months, OR leaders will need to reassess the environment frequently and make course

Post-COVID Recovery Period and What That Looks like for Providers

The post-COVID recovery period, and what that looks like for providers on elective surgical volume, the CARES Act, patient engagement and more

The Transformation of Bon Secours Offsite Reprocessing Center (ORC)

Learn how the systemic issues were addressed by a nine-month engagement with a multifaceted approach

The Future is Happening Now: Ensuring Perioperative Sustainability

The COVID-19 crisis transformed the way operating rooms across the country function. Those changes reflect broader changes to healthcare overall. As we begin to consider what's next for surgical services after the crisis, one thing seems clear: some of the "temporary" changes we see now will in fact become permanent.

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