Performance Improvement 
Recently, we co-hosted the Transform Virtual Summit with our partner LeanTaaS, bringing together perioperative leaders to share fresh approaches to one of the industry’s most persistent challenges: unlocking surgical capacity. For many perioperative leaders, the challenges are familiar: ORs sitting idle despite growing demand, rigid block schedules that aren’t being…
We had some great poster submissions for Periop Leader Week 2026. Topping off the lineup was a contribution from Sara Beland, MHA, the first-prize winner of our Poster Awards. Ms. Beland, associate vice president of perioperative services at UNC Medical Center, presented her poster Utilizing Microsoft Teams for Perioperative Incident…
It’s no surprise that artificial intelligence (AI) was one of the most discussed topics at Periop Leader Week 2026. Hard-hitting discussions ranged the gamut from how the technology can help providers be more present with patients to how AI-driven solutions can positively impact OR management—all while reiterating the critical role…
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago announced that is has achieved “more than a 13-fold improvement in surgical safety” after implementing a series of interventions based on high reliability principles across its ORs. The hospital said it has been experiencing a serious safety event approximately every 2,977…
The American Heart Association has issued a scientific statement in its journal Circulation on the topic of perioperative anemia and patient blood management in cardiac surgery. Calling perioperative anemia and red blood cell transfusions important risk factors for morbidity and mortality in cardiac surgery, it notes that up to 50%…
“Please come to the OR. We have moisture in our tray.” My hope is that you never hear these words. But if you do, leadership must act quickly to protect patient safety. Understanding the risk Sterilization is designed to remove harmful microorganisms, but sterility depends on keeping items dry after…
I have walked into a lot of organizations over the last decade. Different industries. Different leadership teams. Different problems on the surface. But the same failure lurked underneath almost every single one. Nobody built the leaders on purpose. When I stepped into the perioperative space three years ago, I did…
San Juan Regional Medical Center, a 198-bed community hospital in Farmington, N.M., that serves the Four Corners region where Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico meet, strives to provide the members of its sprawling rural community with access to the surgical services they deserve. But it faced a critical challenge.…
What does your chief operating officer (COO) think of the state of perioperative services at your organization? How should they think about it? A new white paper provides some rich insight for COOs on how to drive perioperative operational improvements that will also bolster financial performance. For perioperative leaders, it…
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has announced that the new clinical outcomes report from its National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) now provides hospitals risk-adjusted, benchmarked data for emergency general surgery for the first time, in the interest of advancing “data-driven quality improvement in one of the most complex…
