Perioperative & Procedural Services Growth

Accelerating growth in perioperative & procedural services

Scheduling bottlenecks, underutilized technology, and a lack of clear governance can all hinder perioperative and procedural performance. As surgical volume growth remains a top priority for health systems, it’s essential to optimize this core hospital function through data-driven, tech-enabled strategies that expand OR access, elevate care quality, and deliver superior outcomes.

Our team of experts partners with clients to align their surgical and procedural resources with organizational goals and the needs of their patients and communities. Through holistic assessments, we evaluate current operations against industry-leading practices and identify targeted opportunities for how to grow and optimize the perioperative services program. Each solution is tailored to the organization’s unique environment to drive measurable impact and sustainable results.

$3-4 M

year-over-year profit margin

Up to

16 %

increase in surgical volume

Up to

45 %

improvement in first case on-time starts (FCOTS)

20-35 %

improvement in turnover times

Up to

20 %

improvement in supply chain physician preference items

Breadth & depth of perioperative experience

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Our solutions

Care at Home Enablement

Meet our Perioperative & Procedural Services Growth leaders

Sudhi Rao, RN

Senior Partner

Sudhi Rao, RN, is a Senior Partner in Clinical Transformation. His career in healthcare spans over 35 years, 23 of which have been in healthcare operational consulting with a focus in transformation and financial improvement.

Terri Carbone, RNA

Partner

Terri Carbone, RNA, MS, is a Partner in Digital & Technology Transformation at Chartis. Terri has over 35 years of healthcare experience in direct clinical care, operational leadership, change leadership, performance improvement, and technology-enabled clinical transformation in multiple clinical areas.

Sarah Mitschke

Associate Partner

Sarah is an Associate Partner in Clinical Transformation at Chartis. She has over 15 years of healthcare experience with the last six in management consulting. She has partnered with clients across large health systems, academic medical centers, regional hospitals, and safety net hospitals to assess operations and design and execute data-driven, measurable improvements.