Predictive Analytics and AI: Transforming Perioperative Staffing Challenges into Strategic Opportunities

Staffing remains one of the most complex and persistent challenges perioperative nurse executives face, from daily coverage to long-term workforce planning. Fluctuating surgical volumes, siloed decision-making, and time-consuming manual workflows make it difficult to balance cost control, operational efficiency, and staff satisfaction.

But what happens when predictive analytics and automation are introduced into the equation?

As part of the AORN Leader Exchange series, presented by the Center for Perioperative Leadership—a peer-to-peer roundtable that brings together perioperative leaders to discuss real-world strategies for solving today’s toughest challenges—three clinical leaders from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) shared how AI-driven staffing optimization is reshaping perioperative operations.