As attendees gathered in Savannah yesterday for the launch of the inaugural Periop Leader Week conference, the emphasis was on building community among perioperative leaders. Smiley Poswolsky, a workplace culture and belonging expert, kicked it all off with a keynote that was both personal and professional in tone and content,…
This afternoon at Periop Leader Week, the Periop Networking and Innovation Hall will open its doors! The exhibitor lineup is stellar. It will be a great place for perioperative leaders to catch up with both familiar and unfamiliar companies and chat about what they have to offer. It’ll be far…
Today begins three full days of sessions at Periop Leader Week built around five tracks that will run simultaneously: Leadership & Workforce; Business Management; Quality, Safety & Regulatory Readiness; Operational Efficiency & Technology; and ASC & Outpatient. Attending community members don’t need to stick with any particular track; they’re free…
On a rainy day in Savannah yesterday, it felt cozy inside the Convention Center. For the Periop Leader Week team and our esteemed program committee, it was a happy and enriching day as all of us saw each other in person again instead of on Zoom calls and emails. And…
Our Opening Keynote speaker today at Periop Leader Week will be Adam “Smiley” Poswolsky—a workplace culture and belong expert who has addressed organizations like Mayo Clinic, Apple, Google, JPMorgan Chase, Verizon, and the U.S. Navy, and whose work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Fast…
Beyond our education and networking activities, the Periop Networking & Innovation Hall at Periop Leader Week is chock-full of dozens of exhibitors—some big names you know, and maybe some newer or unfamiliar names you might not. Check out the full Periop Leader Week Exhibitor List to see which companies are…
If you’re here in Savannah, you’ve no doubt checked out our Periop Leader Week agenda and speaker list and planned out your days here. If you’re not coming to Periop Leader Week this year, however, check them out because we think they’re pretty incredible. You’ll be scrolling for a while…
While the main program of Periop Leader Week starts tomorrow, many perioperative leaders are here on Sunday to participate in two highly compelling three-hour preconference workshops. Starting at 2:00 pm and running through 5:00 pm, these workshops will focus on two fundamental topics in the ever-growing and ever-evolving field of…
Many of you have been to many, many conferences over the years. And while they’re usually great experiences, often by Day 2 or 3 you begin to suffer from the dreaded “death by PowerPoint”—session after session after session of one or two people presenting on a topic as you sit…
NBC Chicago reports that Saint Joseph Hospital in Elgin, Ill., has suspended its Level II trauma center designation due “significantly” declining trauma volumes. Owner Prime Healthcare, calling it a “carefully considered decision,” stated to the TV station that the hospital “has recently treated an average of only two major trauma…
