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.
One in Four Patients Experience Harmful and Avoidable Events: You Can Change the Statistics for Your Hospital
Patients in hospitals worldwide continue to face unnecessary risks and in fact, as reported in a recent New England Journal of Medicine study, 1 in 4 patients will experience an avoidable, harmful event. Despite efforts by [...]
Health System Leaders’ Strategies for Worker Redeployment During the Pandemic
ORDx+Rx co-founder, Dr. Alexander Hannenberg, recently co-authored Redeployment of Health Care Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Health System Leaders’ Strategies, published in Volume 17 of the Journal of Patient Safety. The research team sought to [...]
Fixing Today’s Patient Safety Problem
Medical professional liability (MPL) cases may well point to an underlying “disease” impacting any system of care. Every thoughtful clinician must listen carefully to the patient’s complaints, which will almost always point to a thoughtful differential diagnosis [...]
Dr. Hannenberg’s Expertise on Surgical Safety Featured in OR Today Magazine Cover Story
ORDx+Rx co-founder Dr. Alexander Hannenberg spoke recently with OR Today Magazine, providing expertise for their February cover story, Patient Prep Powers Successful Surgeries. Dr. Hannenberg explained that patient preparation prior to surgery - importantly, clear communication between the patient [...]
Sharon McNamara Presents “Sharps Safety: Are We On the Cutting Edge?”
ORDx+Rx Founding Partner and Perioperative Nursing Safety Consultant Sharon McNamara, RN, MSN, CNOR, recently spoke at the AORN Capital Chapter in Raleigh, NC. Her presentation, “Sharps Safety: Are We On the Cutting Edge?” encouraged participants to evaluate their facilities’ [...]
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 [...]