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.
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Strong surgery department performance is critical to creating a sustainable hospital business model. Unfortunately, most ORs struggle with a “negative performance cascade”—a chain of efficiency, cost and physician satisfaction problems that ends in poor financial outcomes. The good news is…
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital has announced its neurosurgeons will begin using an intraoperative MRI to remove tumors more completely the first time and avoid repeat surgeries.
Jeffry Peters, President and CEO of Surgical Directions, provides insight for operating rooms in today's climate.
Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles and the U.S. Military are collaborating to design the "operating room of the future," a project to reconfigure operating rooms and trauma bays to more quickly and effectively respond to patients with serious injuries.
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Wilkes Regional Medical Center in North Wilkesboro, N.C., has completed an $11 million expansion of its emergency department and renovation of its operating room suites, according to a Wilkes Journal-Patriot report.
At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago May 9, Jeff Peters, president and CEO of Surgical Directions, discussed how to create best-in-class perioperative services under accountable care and value-based purchasing.