About
Ever walk into your OR and everything is suddenly perfect? Please join this session to learn how new AI enabled technology combined with analytics and surgical video can help you uncover root causes that create dysfunction and inefficiencies in your Operating Rooms. Let’s open up that black box (without the Hawthorne effect) to improve surgeon and staff satisfaction, as well as improve clinical outcomes such as SSI rates.
When
Thursday, October 20, 2022 · 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada) (GMT -4:00)
Agenda
  • Describe how analytical and video-based data can be used to improve performance and enhance teamwork.
  • Describe how benchmarking can facilitate engagement for performance improvement.
  • Participants will gain an understanding of technical skill and non-technical skill evaluation tools and their use.
Presenters
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Gail Pietrzyk
Chief Nursing Officer, Caresyntax
Gail Pietrzyk has been Director of Surgical Services at local facilities and has also been the Corporate Director of Surgical Services with Universal Health Services from 2016 until retirement last December.
Her leadership experience includes tertiary academic centers, multi-campus, and the independent community hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers. Gail’s experience includes the entire Surgery Value Stream as well as Endoscopy, Wound Healing Center, Outpatient Clinics/Infusion, Pain Management, and Sterile Processing.
Gail now spends time teaching various nursing courses at a local University, independently consults with healthcare facilities for Perioperative opportunities, and is the Chief Nursing Officer with Caresyntax.
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Joan White
Director, Clinical Consulting , Caresyntax
Joan White has significant experience in organizational dynamics and performance improvement. As Director of Clinical Consulting for Caresyntax, she leads collaborative teams in the evaluation of complex surgical processes and in the determination of data-driven, evidence-based solutions.
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Jason Till
Senior Product Manager, Caresyntax
Jason Till is a creator that is passionate about finding, designing, and implementing the right solutions. He has over 15 years’ experience designing software, leading teams, and choreographing hospital data. As a Senior Product Manager for Caresyntax, he is responsible for enhancing the analytic solutions and problem-specific offerings of the Caresyntax platform.
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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.