title: Enhancing hospital performance through perioperative services.
abstract: Perioperative services are the lifeblood of a hospital, but with increasing competition, the services are under attack. Discover ways to protect and improve a hospital's perioperative services.
authors.affiliation: Health Directions, LLC, Chicago, USA. jpeters@healthdirections.com
authors.forename: Jeffry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Blasco
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D019990:Perioperative Care; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States