Renowned experts and scholars in the fields of surgery, nursing, anesthesiology and surgical quality, ORDx+Rx team members frequently publish, present and educate in their respective fields. The ORDx+Rx News page serves as a perioperative and surgical safety, quality and efficiency library, providing hospitals, health care organizations and surgical teams with the latest news and essential in-depth analysis.
Dr. Gerald B. Healy Co-Authors Letter to the Editor on Challenges Facing Healthcare
ORDx+Rx founder and principal surgeon Dr. Gerald B. Healy recently co-authored a Letter to the Editor, published in the latest Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. Along with his co-author, Dr. Edward M. Copeland, Dr. Healy discusses the challenges facing [...]
Dr. Hannenberg Discusses “Pulse Oximetry – Then & Now”
ORDx+Rx Co-Founder and Principal Consultant Dr. Alexander Hannenberg recently educated the medical community on the history of pulse oximetry, and its recent innovations. The webinar, “Pulse Oximetry - Then & Now,” was presented by Nihon Kohden University, and [...]
Charlotte Guglielmi Honored as 2020 AORN Fellow
ORDx+Rx founding partner and perioperative nursing consultant Charlotte Guglielmi has been chosen as a 2020 Fellow of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). AORN Fellows are those who have been recognized as a perioperative nurse leader who [...]
Dr. Alexander Hannenberg Editor of Anesthesiology Clinics Volume on Managing Critical Events
ORDx+Rx co-founder Alexander Hannenberg, M.D. is editor of and contributor to a volume of Anesthesiology Clinics devoted to improving management of critical events in the operating room. A surgical team’s capacity to rescue patients from adverse events is [...]
Sharon McNamara on Bullying in the OR
ORDx+Rx’s Sharon McNamara, BSN, MS, RN, CNOR, discussed bullying and incivility in the operating room in a recent OR Today cover story, “Vertical Violence & Workplace Bullying.” Ms. McNamara noted that “vertical violence” (bullying from [...]
Overcoming Hospital Culture’s Resistance to Change
ORDx+Rx’s Sharon McNamara is featured as a panelist for ORSAFE.ORG and QLICKSMART.COM’s October 2020 round table discussion and webinar. The webinar, “Changing Cultural Patterns and Overcoming Resistance to Change,” is described by OR Safe as a “round table [...]
ORDx+Rx’s Sharon A. McNamara Quoted in OR Today Cover Story on Sharps Safety
ORDx+Rx’s Sharon A. McNamara BSN, MS, RN, CNOR, was quoted in a recent OR Today cover story: Sharps Safety: Injuries Remain a Sticking Point in 2020. The article highlighted that needlestick and sharps injuries remain a [...]
ORDx+Rx’s Dr. Alexander Hannenberg and Dr. Bill Greene Discuss Reducing Medical Errors in OR Today Cover Story
OR Today’s August 2020 cover story, Reducing Medical Errors, features advice and analysis from ORDx+Rx’s Drs. Bill Greene and Alexander Hannenberg. Dr. Hannenberg discusses what he believes is the main cause of medical errors: poor communication. [...]
A Culture of Respect
In A Culture of Respect, Part 1: The Nature and Causes of Disrespectful Behavior by Physicians, ORDx+Rx’s Dr. Gerald Healy and his co-authors discuss the problem of inappropriate behavior during the performance of procedures, which is a [...]
A Culture of Openness and Lower Mortality Rates
A 2019 investigation has confirmed what our ORDx+Rx experts know: open and effective communication is an essential component of better patient care and outcomes. In "A Culture of Openness is Associated with Lower Mortality Rates Among 137 English [...]
Incivility in Nursing: Unsafe Nurse, Unsafe Patients
An operating room that functions seamlessly and safely requires an oft-overlooked component that costs hospitals nothing: civility. In the era of #metoo and the discussions regarding inappropriate behavior and bullying in the workplace, ORDx+Rx’s Sharon A. McNamara’s AORN-published article [...]
The Importance of Effective Preoperative Evaluation
Recently published in the AORN Journal, Prehabilitation and Optimization of Modifiable Patient Risk Factors: The Importance of Effective Preoperative Evaluation to Improve Surgical Outcomes by Jeffrey W. Simmons MD, MSHQS and ORDx+Rx’s Arthur M. Boudreaux MD, FASA, discusses the [...]