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.
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 [...]
Leading in the OR
The concept of leadership in the operating room has changed from a “captain of the ship” philosophy - where one leader has unquestionable authority - to one where the leader is the coordinating head of a multidisciplinary team. The [...]
The Creation of a Dedicated Section on Quality & Patient Safety in a Clinical Academic Department
In "The Creation and Impact of a Dedicated Section on Quality and Patient Safety in a Clinical Academic Department," co-authored with Thomas R. Vetter, MD, MPH, ORDx+Rx's Arthur M. Boudreaux, MD, explains that "optimizing the effectiveness, efficiency, integration and [...]
Perioperative Quality Improvements Linked to Hospital Profitability
Hospitals that effectively perform steps to prevent complications after surgery perform better on measures of profitability, reports a study in the May/June 2019 issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management, published by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). [...]
Charlotte Guglielmi Awarded the 2019 AORN Individual Award for Excellence in Perioperative NursingLeadership
ORDx+Rx’s Charlotte Guglielmi, MA, BSN, RN, CNOR and the Clinical Manager of Perioperative Education at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, was awarded the 2019 AORN Individual Award for Excellence in Perioperative Nursing. The award noted [...]