Employees at WellStar Atlanta Medical Center South in East Point, Ga., received less than one week's notice that the hospital's operating room is shutting down, according to Atlanta TV station WXIA.
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Seattle Children's hospital has closed all 14 of its main operating rooms as it works to remove mold detected in its ORs in May, according to The Seattle Times.
Houston Methodist Hospital is slated to close its suite of Fondren-Brown operating rooms in August after nearly 50 years as part of a relocation initiative. The ORs were the site of some of the world's first developments in heart surgery,…
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Academic medical centers' three-pronged mission — education, research and patient care — makes them uniquely vulnerable to financial pressures.
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President and CEO of Surgical Directions Jeff Peters presented a case study at the 5th Annual Becker's Hospital Review conference where anesthesiologists wanted to take the lead on transforming the operating room and making it function more efficiently.