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How to cure a dysfunctional operating room
Karen M. Cheung
The University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals did what seems like the impossible--transform a dysfunctional operating room by turning around its culture. But it didn't
Hospital costs 39% higher with OR delays
Delays in the operating room (OR) are not simply inconveniences for staff; they hurt hospitals' bottom line. Patients who had longer gap times (from the time of case booking to surgery start time)
Hybrid operating rooms call for big bucks
More hospitals are investing in high-tech operating rooms (OR) to improve patient care. Called hybrid rooms, the trendy operating rooms combine equipment for the traditional open-heart procedure with
OR team collaboration improves quality
Hospital operating room (OR) teams can cut costs and improve quality by examining problems from every possible perspective, according to a report in the AORN Journal. The OR team--made of up
Going green could cut hospital costs
Despite assumptions to the contrary, reducing your operating rooms' carbon footprint doesn't have to cost your facility more. In an article in the February issue of the Archives of Surgery, a Johns
Hospitals look to auto racing to improve safety
What do auto-racing pit crews and medical workers have in common? Apparently a lot more than you'd think, given that hospitals throughout the U.S. and all over the world are looking to Formula One
SPOTLIGHT: Patient's death by flash fire puts spotlight on fire precautions
With the recent death of a patient in an Illinois operating room from a flash fire, surgical teams are taking a look back at guidelines designed to prevent such horrific accidents from happening. As
Hospitals cutting back on transfusions
With blood costs high, and concerns over blood safety growing, hospitals are developing tougher rules for when it's appropriate to provide transfusions. They're also riding herd on doctors to make
Carolinas HealthCare loses $112M for first half of '08
Citing losses from its investments--an ailment afflicting many of its brethren--Carolinas HealthCare System has reported a loss of more than $111.8 million for the first half of the year. On the
