Efficient operating room (OR) management is crucial in today’s healthcare environment, where the costs associated with running an operating room can range from $30 to $100 per minute. One of the most...

A 2016 estimate showed that the U.S. healthcare system loses $150 billion to missed patient clinic appointments. The same report revealed that patients miss between 5 and 30 percent of appointments,...

A successful surgical procedure is a chain of well-coordinated activities, personnel, and requirements that need to happen in the right place and at the right time. It's only as effective as the...

Ask anyone today how they manage their grocery list and, chances are, they will show you an app that keeps it all organized. It makes you wonder why a task as important as managing an operating room...

Did you know that 35% of surgical candidates do not make it to the operating room as planned? While many barriers may prevent the surgery process from going smoothly, it is ultimately caused by...

Could you be leaving $500k a year on the table just because of antiquated surgical scheduling processes that are siloed, laborious, and error-prone? The paper-based workflows for coordinating...

Do you know what the biggest threat to operating room efficiency is? It probably comes as no surprise to learn that squandered time from outdated or inaccurate surgery scheduling processes tops the...

Has business as usual at your ASC or hospital been more difficult during the pandemic? For many, the inconveniences of disorderly scheduling and candidate management practices have become amplified...

At first glance, surgical preference cards may seem to simply supply a list of preferences for instruments for a surgical procedure. But with a closer look, you find that the preference cards serve...

While surgery cases are primarily handled by a scheduler, it really involves everyone at your ambulatory surgery center – from the practice administrator to surgeons, to the patients you serve....