Press Release

Coratek Perioperative Consulting Partners with McKesson and OR Manager in the OR Benchmarks® Collaborative.

Johnson City, TN, May 1, 2009 – Coratek Perioperative Consulting is excited to be a strategic partner of the OR Benchmarks® Collaborative (ORBC). ORBC is an automated benchmarking service designed specifically for surgical services. Coratek’s partnership with ORBC is focused on delivering consultation for performance improvement in areas identified via the dashboard and/or analytical tools. All tailored solutions are backed by decades of consultant hands-on experience in perioperative services.

“Our consulting offerings have been significantly strengthened through the powerful analytic tools available from ORBC.  We are confident in benchmarking peer data because of the size and structure of the ORBC customer base – and it provides our clients an effective method to continue measuring and monitoring operational success,” said Mark Atkins, Managing Principal for Coratek.

The OR Benchmarks® Collaborative has strategically partnered with select services experts throughout the industry to provide subscribers a direct line to consultative support when needed. These partners are all regarded as the best among the industry and have been through special ORBC certification training so that they are thoughtfully positioned to facilitate the identification, verification and improvement initiatives of performance challenges using existing analytics tools to facilitate and fast track the effort.

Coratek’s consulting team understands benchmark analytics and has the essential knowledge and skills needed to identify the root causes of performance variance. In addition, Coratek is able to uncover hidden inefficiencies and determine the road map for sustainable improvement. Coratek’s benchmark strategy transforms insights to actionable solutions. The ORBC dashboard and analytic tools are crucial components that enable clients to monitor improvement progress and to quantify results achieved.

About Coratek

Coratek Perioperative Consulting provides services that are tailored to the unique needs of operating rooms.  We are a team of consultants with strong backgrounds in perioperative business practices and in the implementation and management of perioperative information systems.  Coratek’s purpose is to provide fresh perspective to the unique challenges that face Perioperative Services.  For more information visit our website, www.coratek.com.

About OR Benchmarks® Collaborative

The OR Benchmarks® Collaborative (ORBC) is a “vendor-neutral” benchmarking service provided by McKesson in partnership with OR Manager, Inc. Subscribers use our secure Web-based dashboard to review and compare their organization's performance against internal and national benchmarks and trends.  More information regarding ORBC can be found at www.orbenchmarking.com.