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Leadership principles / Christoph Egger and Alex Macario -- Path to a successful operating room environment / Ross Musumeci, Alan D. Kaye, Charles J. Fox, and Richard D. Urman -- Strategic planning / Michael R. Williams -- Decision making: the art and the science / Michael R. Williams -- Health care and economic realities / Robety Lynch -- Influence of staffing and scheduling on operating room productivity / Franklin Dexter and Richard H. Epstein -- Operations management and financial performance / Jeffery Anderson, Seth Christian, and Richard D. Urman -- Reengineering operating room function / Nigel N. Robertson -- Operating room design and construction: technical considerations / Judy Dahle and Pat Patterson -- Operating an ambulatory surgery center as a successful business / John J. Wellik -- Preoperative evaluation and management / Alicia G. Kalamas -- A surgeon's perspective: perioperative standards, quality, and consents / Frank G. Opelka -- Anesthesia practice management: core principles / Sonya Pease and Barbara Harris.

Anesthesia staffing models, productivity measurement, and incentive plans / Ashish Dabas, Dipty Mangla, Asa C. Lockhart, and George Mychaskiw II -- Compensation for anesthesia services / Asa C. Lockhart -- Basics of billing, coding, and compliance / Deborah Farmer and Devona Slater -- Surgical coding / Bernadine Smith -- Postanesthesia care unit management / Michael J. Yarborough, Henry Liu, and Sabrina Bent -- Pain practice management / Steven D. Waldman -- Office-based surgery practice / Seth Christian and Charles J. Fox -- The future of perioperative medicine / Michael R. Hicks and Laurie Saletnik -- Nursing: organizational structure, staffing, resource management, metrics, and infection control / Melissa Guidry and Lesley Bourlet -- The Joint Commission, CMS, and other standards / Shermeen B. Vakharia and Zeev Kain -- Safety, quality, and pay-for-performance / Richard P. Dutton and Frank Rosinia -- Sedation: Clinical and safety considerations / Ann Bui and Richard D. Urman -- Medical informatics in the perioperative period / Keith J. Ruskin -- Simulation training to improve patient safety / Valeriy Kozmenko, Judy G. Johnson, Melvin Wyche, and Alan D. Kaye.

Effective management of the OR is critical in all clinical settings, where ensuring that policies, systems, staff members and teams are efficient, safe and cost-effective is paramount. Operating Room Leadership and Management is a comprehensive resource for physicians and administrators involved in the day-to-day management of operating rooms in a hospital setting or smaller-scale facilities. Topics include: • OR metrics • Scheduling • Human resource management • Leadership • Economics • IT management • Quality assurance • Recovery. This practical, evidence-based text is written by leaders in the field of OR management and is relevant to medical directors, administrators and managing physicians. Specific nursing considerations, preoperative patient evaluation, financial performance measures and pain clinic management are also discussed in detail. Operating Room Leadership and Management enables all OR managers to improve the efficiency and performance of their operating rooms.