OR Manager October 2022 - 1
OCTOBER
2022
Volume 38
Number 10
The monthly publication for OR decision makers
IN THIS ISSUE
Salary/Career Survey
Industry Spotlight:
LeanTaaS ............................12
Potential solutions to the
perioperative nursing
shortage ..............................15
The superior efficacy of
machine learning based
AI tools ................................19
OR Manager of the Year
optimizes leadership
challenges ...........................22
Easing the pain of electronic
health records: Part 2 ...........23
Survey: Relatively flat
compensation in an era
of many stressors ................27
CMS quality reporting
update for ASCs ...................32
Developing a surveillance
program for SSIs in ASCs ......34
SAVE THE
DATE
We hope to see you at the
OR Manager Conference
in Denver, Colorado, on
October 17!
BY CYNTHIA SAVER
Survey: Some improvement in satisfaction,
but stagnant compensation
s the response to the COVID19
pandemic becomes embedded
in hospitals, OR leaders'
satisfaction with their job is improving,
according to the 2022 OR Manager Salary/Career
Survey. Nearly three-fourths
(72%) view their current job favorably,
up from 64% last year and just below
2020's 77%. However, satisfaction with
many other areas remains stagnant
with only slightly more than half (56%)
reporting favorable levels of engageA
Leadership
Series
ment for both staff and physicians.
Compensation also is stagnant with
OR leaders' salaries and total compensation
comparable to 2021 and 2020.
Roughly one-fourth (27%) of respondents
reported earning $150,000 or
more, slightly below both 2021 (31%)
and 2020 (30%), and 17% receive a
total compensation of $200,000 or
more, up slightly from 2021 (15%), but
unchanged from 2020.
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BY STEPHANIE WRIGHT
Tom Gronow: Realigning OR priorities to
focus on the patient
C
hallenging situations have the
potential to bring out the best in
people. Tom Gronow, EdD, MHA,
president and CEO of UCHealth University
of Colorado Hospital (UCH), is
a prime example of stepping up when
faced with adversity. Gronow spoke to
OR Manager about his role and journey
at UCHealth.
He became president and CEO of
UCH in December 2021 after leading
the hospital as its chief operating officer
(COO) and COVID-19 incident commander
during the hospital pandemic
response. For 10 consecutive years,
US News and World Report has ranked
UCH the number 1 hospital
in the state, with
Gronow playing a prominent
role in this achievement.
Q:
What is one
thing you wish you
knew when you
were younger?
Tom Gronow,
EdD, MHA
The big thing is personally unique, but
I think of my childhood career aspirations.
I wanted to be a pilot; my first
career was aviation, and my bachelor's
degree is in Aeronautical Science,
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