The only undefined role in your surgical environment walks through your doors every day: the vendor representative. Peter Daigle, CRCST, CER, executive director of the Healthcare Workforce Access Standards Commission, urges perioperative leaders to be part of a national effort to define their role before someone else defines it for them. More
The data showed that “perioperative GLP-1 use was associated with reduced odds of major adverse cardiovascular events and postoperative infections in elective noncardiac surgery.” We delve further into the results in this Q&A with one of the study's authors. More
During her recent Periop Leader Week session, “Leading AI safely: A practical governance framework for perioperative leaders,” Julie Lynch, MS, BSN, RN, director of the Institute for Quality Improvement with the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), laid out for ASC leaders the potential ramifications of unchecked AI usage while offering numerous free resources that can help ASCs establish a practical AI governance framework. More
