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Nov 20, 2024 | 
ormanager.com | Cynthia Saver
• The 3A Strategic Thinking Framework and the GOST Framework are examples of tools that can help make the abstractprocess of strategic thinking more concrete for perioperative leaders. • Carving out dedicated time for planning and fostering strategic thinking in others are important to achieve optimal results. • Envisioning the future requires interacting with many other people and reading widely.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
myamericannurse.com | Cynthia Saver
Artificial intelligence as a writing tool: Cautions and limitationsBy: Cynthia Saver, MS, RNArtificial intelligence (AI) has the capacity to be useful in our writing endeavors. For example, it can help in crafting content outlines, organizing literature reviews, and writing the first draft of an abstract. As with any tool, however, AI has drawbacks that authors need to know about.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
ormanager.com | Cynthia Saver
ASC leaders’ satisfaction has increased significantly compared to a year ago, according to the 2024 OR Manager Salary/Career Survey. In all, 81% of respondents were satisfied with their current job/position, up from 70% in 2023, and 27% reported being “completely satisfied,” compared to 17% last year. In fact, the favorable rating increased for all seven satisfaction measures.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
ormanager.com | Cynthia Saver
• Surgical volume continues to increase for most organizations.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
ormanager.com | Cynthia Saver
• Compared to 2023, the percentage of respondents reporting an increase in open positions for RNs and STs, as well as increased turnover for RNs, remained stable, but fewer reported a drop in ST turnover.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
myamericannurse.com | Cynthia Saver
I recently had the opportunity to speak about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in writing to attendees of The Ohio State University College of Nursing Research Forum. There’s been great interest in this topic, so over the next few blogs I thought I’d share some of the information I presented. The basicsYou need to know the basics of AI before you can effectively evaluate its use in writing. Simply defined, AI is the use of computer systems to perform tasks traditionally performed by humans.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
ormanager.com | Cynthia Saver
An organization is sometimes described as an organism that must adapt to changes in the environment to survive and thrive. In healthcare, successful collaboration between perioperative leaders and their peers in finance, human resources, and other areas is the oxygen fueling that process.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
ormanager.com | Cynthia Saver
Gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is one of the most common procedures in the US. Performed more than 17.1 million times per year in inpatient and outpatient hospital settings as well as ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), GI procedures account for 68% of all endoscopies, according to a May 2022 article in Digestive Diseases and Sciences. Among Medicare-certified, single-specialty ASCs, endoscopy is the most common focus, and 37% of certified multi-specialty facilities have an endoscopy service line.
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May 24, 2024 | 
ormanager.com | Cynthia Saver
Transitioning to leadership involves many competing pressures, but staff development should be at the top (or at least near the top) of any new perioperative manager’s priority list. The new leader’s success—and the success of the department—may depend on it, says Tim FitzGerald, MHA, FACHE, assistant vice president for perioperative services at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, South Carolina.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
ormanager.com | Cynthia Saver
• HR should be involved early in the disciplinary process to help guide OR leaders’ decision-making throughout disciplinary and/or remediatoin processes.
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