Project Description
Hospital & Surgical Information Systems
Data and Information Management
Efficient Hospital Information Management Systems & Clinical Data Management begins with OR Efficiencies.
We’ve all heard the expressions “Information is Power” and “You can’t manage what you can’t Measure” — Many organizations still lack the technology to produce complete and accurate reports; many organizations lack in-house staff with the background in statistical methods that is required to perform appropriate analyses, test the statistical assumptions, make adjustments for missing data. In organizations where these factors prevail, there is no quantifiable foundation to guide decision making.
Data and the effective conversion of data into useful information is critical guiding fact-based decisions; to minimize or eliminate internal politics as a factor influencing decisions. The OR Efficiencies team possesses one of the most extensive data-base resources in the industry. Our data base and aligned resources allows comprehensive and “apples-to-apples” benchmarking of your organization to others; allows understanding of potentials; allows the development of dash-boards to guide program improvement and management.
In our continued efforts to bring the industries most comprehensive and state-of-the-art resources to our clients, OR Efficiencies, LLC is aligned with one of the industries foremost leaders of OR-Information Management. Franklin Dexter, MD, PhD is a nationally and internationally recognized Perioperative Services consultant and a thought leader in the field of Perioperative Services data and information management as well as OR Scheduling. Dr. Dexter is a Professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology and Health Management & Policy of the University of Iowa and Director of the Division of Management Consulting. Dr. Dexter and his team bring our clients the ability guide decisions with factual based data for present and ongoing needs. Additional information on this resource can be found at www.FranklinDexter.net.
Purpose: Selection & Implementation of Hospital Information Management Systems
OR Efficiencies provides support to improve the quality of information available to manage the perioperative program, including support to the core processes of operating room scheduling, supply and instrument management and clinical data management.
- Perioperative Clinical information Management Planning
- Functional Requirement Definition, RFP Development, and Hospital Information Management Systems Vendor Selection Assistance
- Surgical Information Systems Implementation Assistance
- Existing Hospital Information System Re-Implementation/Utilization Enhancement
Client Testimonials
My hospitals department of anesthesiology was falling apart due to stresses of the operating room.We lost a number of doctors and I feared losing my CRNAs because of our issues. Jerry personally assisted me to bring stability to the anesthesiology program and his team improved OR efficiencies and general operations so that now we're able to recruit and retain highly skilled anesthesia staff.
CEO - major Mid-Atlantic healthcare system- The consulting team assisted our surgeons to realize that they must be part of developing solutions, not simply to expect administration to provide them a perfect world.
Now our surgeons and anesthesiologists are actively engaged, police themselves and have a higher level of satisfaction with our ORs being much more efficient.
Surgeon and OR Committee Chair - major Northeastern medical center - The hospital CEO and the dean made it my responsibility to fix the OR without holding any other parties accountable.
Our anesthesiology program was greatly in deficit due to the staffing costs associated with a terribly inefficient OR. I was losing faculty and could not recruit to our program due to the imbalance of work-load and compensation package. Jerry brought facts and education. He assisted in mediating our relationships and educated us on how to move forward. The assistance Jerry provided me and my program assisted me not only to improve our present situation and be successful in my position but also to move on in my own career.
Department of Anesthesiology Chair - then serving at a mid-Atlantic University program having moved on to Department Chair at a prestigious Southwestern University. - I moved to another CEO position and didn’t realize the disrepair our OR program was in until after I started.
I lost the contact information and spent hours tracking them down after nearly ten years. They were there for me and assisted me through another difficult situation.
CEO - Northeastern community medical center 
Jerry assisted me to bring stability to the anesthesiology program and his team improved OR efficiencies and general operations. . .My hospitals department of anesthesiology was falling apart due to stresses of the operating room. We lost a number of doctors and I feared losing my CRNAs because of our issues. "Jerry assisted me to bring stability to the anesthesiology program and his team improved OR efficiencies and general operations so that now we're able to recruit and retain highly skilled anesthesia staff."
CEO - major Mid-Atlantic healthcare system- Jerry Ippolito’s team assisted our surgeons to realize that they must be part of developing solutions,
not simply to expect administration to provide them a perfect world. Now our surgeons and anesthesiologists are actively engaged, police themselves and have a higher level of satisfaction with our ORs being much more efficient.
Surgeon and OR Committee Chair - major Northeastern medical center - Jerry, the services and education you provided my department and administration proved to be invaluable in resolving differences and developing solutions.
Before we started the engagement I thought my anesthesiology department was going to implode; you spread oil on troubled waters.
Highly published Chair of Anesthesiology - Midwestern University Hospital System - Our surgeons wanted to develop their own ASC until Ippolito and his team showed us that a community hospital OR can be as efficient as a surgery center.
Surgeon satisfaction improved and the surgeons continued to support the hospital.
Chief Nursing Officer - rural Midwestern community hospital - Their team made me feel good and part of the solution. . .
and never threatened in my position. I learned a lot and value the experience. I feel like we're friends.
Director of Surgical Services - major Northeastern medical center - “I’ve worked with Jerry Ippolito for over fifteen years. . .
Not only has he always been there to guide me through challenging situations, but he is a person of the highest integrity I've met in the business world.
Exec VP Operations - major Midwestern medical center