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In response to rising healthcare demands, hospitals seek to enhance service delivery without costly expansions. This presentation showcases WakeMed Health's innovative approach to ensuring access and optimizing their capacity within their operating rooms and procedural rooms.

Dr. Charles Harr, CMO at WakeMed, will demonstrate the crucial role of physician and anesthesia leader involvement in optimizing both operating room and procedural area utilization. He will share insights on how they leveraged innovative capacity optimization technologies and transformation services in conjunction with their EHR systems, highlighting real-world benefits and cost savings achieved through these strategic improvements including:

*11% increase in prime-time case minutes across their operating rooms
*21% increase in prime-time case minutes within their procedural areas
*Reaching an system high in proactively released block minutes, increasing 13.5% year-over-year

Learn how WakeMed's approach minimized waste, maximized high-value resources, and led to significant operational efficiencies and financial gains. This session offers a blueprint for healthcare organizations seeking to optimize their most valuable resources in today's challenging environment.

60-minute webinar
Agenda
  • Examine the role of physician and anesthesia leaders in implementing proactive access and capacity management strategies to optimize OR and procedural room utilization
  • Evaluate the benefits of integrating capacity management technologies and services with existing EHR systems to enhance hospital operational efficiency.
  • Analyze how strategic improvements in capacity management can lead to substantial cost savings through minimized resource waste and maximized utilization of expensive equipment and procedural areas.
Presenters
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Carrie Shapiro, CMP
Senior Conference Manager
Carrie Shapiro, CMP is the Senior Conference Manager for the OR Manager Conference and OR Business Management Conference. She has more than 25 years of experience in business-to-business media organizing trade shows, conferences and industry events.
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Charles D. Harr, MD, MBA Rear Admiral, MC, SHCE (Ret.)
CMO / Executive Healthcare Strategist
Dr. Harr has more than 25 years of healthcare experience in commercial and military healthcare across various levels of care - including acute, ambulatory, sub-acute, behavioral and long-term - as well as payers. Dr. Harr is a savvy and dedicated healthcare executive committed to optimizing organizational performance, delivering leading-edge care, and generating exceptional, cost-effective results. He is an accomplished Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon with a reputation as a leading physician in the field of minimally invasive robotic techniques. He established an exceptional program ranked #2 in volume in the Mid-Atlantic Region and #18 in the United States. Dr. Harr is an avid proponent of advances in medicine and healthcare. He has led numerous initiatives and innovative solutions that consistently improve quality of care and patient outcomes. As the lead clinical physician and skilled educator, he employed state-of-the-art innovations in healthcare and evidence-based practices to provide general surgery residents with outstanding thoracic surgical training at a nationally ranked healthcare facility. He is known as a results-focused and resourceful visionary who advocates lifelong learning.

Dr. Harr has served as a champion for the use of technology in the care delivery process.

Previously, Dr. Harr has held executive positions at WakeMed Health and Hospitals, Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, and Atrium Healthcare (formerly Carolinas Medical Center).

Dr. Harr retired from a notable military career as the Medical Officer of the Marine Corps, at the rank of Rear Admiral. He attained an exceptional breadth and depth of experience during his 24-year parallel military and civilian career as a decorated Medical Officer and Physician (general, thoracic, vascular, trauma surgeon) in the U.S. Navy Reserve. As Commanding Officer, 4th Medical Battalion, he directed 450+ medical care personnel. Additionally, Dr. Harr served as a member of the Leidos-Cerner Clinical Advisory Council, representing the Navy’s interests in developing an Electronic Health Record. This new program launched successfully across all military branches in Q2FY16.

Dr. Harr earned an MBA from Wake Forest University School of Business and a Doctor of Medicine from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He holds certification with the American Board of Surgery (Cert., 2020) and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery (Cert., 2022). Dr. Harr serves as President of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Board of Medical Alumni (2016)
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