Periop Pulse 
Would you like to present to your peers about something you and your perioperative team have accomplished, or deliver your thought leadership on a topic that is relevant to perioperative services, at Periop Leader Week 2027, which will take place Oct. 4 to 7, 2027, in Indianapolis? Well, our lines…
One study that has received a lot of attention coning out the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ ANESTHESIOLOGY 2026 meeting was “Impact of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists on Postoperative Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events and Infection: A Cohort Study.” “The use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) has increased since their approval…
Walk into any of your ORs during a total joint procedure tomorrow morning and look around the table. The surgeon is licensed, credentialed, and privileged. There’s a defined list of what they may do in your facility, anchored to verified qualifications. Your anesthesia providers, nurses, and surgical technologists practice under…
Earlier this year, Lindsay Mallon, BSN, RN, MBA, director of perioperative services at HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge in Lone Tree, Colo., received a DAISY Nurse Leader Award due to her “exceptional leadership, unwavering support of her team, and the outstanding culture she has cultivated within Perioperative Services.” Her award was…
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…
Humanoid robotics is emerging as a potentially transformative field at the intersection of artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and healthcare. Although the number of companies developing humanoid robots varies according to how the industry is defined, recent market assessments indicate that more than 60 companies are actively pursuing humanoid robotics. Thus…
In many perioperative environments, OR nurses and staff manually handle and transport patient specimens to pathologists. Not only does this involve staff exposure to toxic formalin solution, but it can also introduce unintended variabilities into the integrity of the specimen. At Periop Leader Week, we saw in person a powerful…
We recently spoke with Amanda Heitman, BSN, RN, CNOR, perioperative educational consultant and founder with Periop Anew, about the latest in perioperative staff safety. At Periop Leader Week 2026, she delivered a powerful 30-minute presentation on the topic. (To find out more about Ms. Heitman, scroll to the bottom of…
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 12:30 pm, and your scrub nurse has been on her feet for five hours. The patient is ready to be moved. As the slide sheet is pulled, you notice her wince, and make a mental note to check in when there’s a moment. It’s a familiar scene. OR nurses…
