Becker's Hospital Review

How to Ensure Maximum Operating Room Utilization in a Surgery Center: Q&A With Dawn Q. McLane of Health Inventures

Dawn Q. McLane, RN, MSA, CASC, CNOR, is regional vice president of operations for Health Inventures. Q: What is a good benchmark for maximum operating room utilization in an ambulatory surgery center ...
Uticaod

Having surgery at Wynn Hospital? MVHS offering a new program to ease your nerves

Surgeons have already performed 6,429 surgeries in the operating rooms at Wynn Hospital since it opened at the end of October. But the Mohawk Valley Health System has just launched a new program to ...

Alzheimer’s patient had surgery in ‘revolutionary’ approach—partner says change was clear

The research has been hailed as "revolutionary." ...
NBC Washington

DC operating room technology lets doctors use MRI during surgery

Mark Strand, 68, knew something was wrong when he went in for testing. “I was having daily fevers and low-level fevers,” Strand said. “And the PET scan revealed, in the end, a mass on top of my head.” ...
Becker's Hospital Review

6 Ways an Operating Room Can Become More Environmentally Friendly

Going green is becoming pertinent in all facets of the world today, hospitals included. Hospital operating rooms are areas that certainly could be more environmentally friendly, says Brian Gantwerker, ...

Workers in Penn State Health operating rooms raised alarms about safety, sterilization

Internal records describe harrowing situations as Hershey Medical Center struggled to keep a usable supply of sterile instruments for surgeries, a Spotlight PA investigation found.