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Last week was a special one at Incision. Our US Management Team joined us in Amsterdam for a week of collaboration, creativity, and connection.

While we work together every day across continents, there is something special about being in the same room. Ideas come together more naturally, connections grow stronger, and time spent together reminds us that great teamwork starts with great relationships.

That energy carried throughout the week as we teamed up with Het Marketing Lab to capture new videos that bring the human side of our work to life. Together, we explored the people, stories, and moments behind Incision, and the healthcare professionals we support every day. Because while technology plays an important role, it's ultimately about helping people feel more confident, prepared, and supported in the work they do.

We wrapped up the week with our annual Summer Party, a perfect way to celebrate a week full of energy, teamwork, and memorable moments.

At Incision, we're proud of the technology we build, but we're even prouder of the people who make it possible.

We're excited to share more from the video shoot soon.

A recent Harvard Business Review article highlighted three characteristics of high-performing OR teams. The findings reinforced what perioperative professionals have long understood: exceptional performance depends on more than individual expertise. It depends on how teams work together.

The research found that team familiarity, thoughtful rotation of staff, and intentional team composition all influence performance. When these factors are intentionally designed rather than left to chance, performance tends to improve.

For perioperative leaders, the findings highlight the importance of continuity without creating silos. Team familiarity can improve performance, but long-term success also depends on ensuring knowledge and experience are shared across the broader perioperative team.

In the OR, outcomes depend on people working together seamlessly in moments that matter most. Teams that invest in preparation, knowledge sharing, and collaboration create the conditions for safer care, better coordination, and greater resilience.

Technology has an important role to play. But its greatest value comes when it strengthens the human connections that make high-performing teams possible.

What do you think is the biggest challenge to building and sustaining high-performing perioperative teams today?

Read the full article here: https://hubs.li/Q04kPv010

Press Ganey's newly released State of Nursing 2026 report paints a cautiously optimistic picture of the nursing workforce.

The report shows that engagement and resilience are improving, signaling a shift from workforce recovery toward longer-term sustainability.

Yet challenges remain. Early-career nurses continue to experience the highest turnover rates, and many nurses still struggle to disconnect from work. What stands out is that the strongest predictors of retention are not perks or incentives, but factors such as support, connection, onboarding, leadership visibility, and access to the resources needed to do the job well.

In the operating room, where teams are managing increasing procedural complexity while onboarding new staff and preparing for the retirement of experienced professionals, this raises an important question about how we define support.

At Incision, we believe support goes beyond staffing models and wellbeing initiatives. It also means making knowledge easier to access, expertise easier to share, and preparation easier to achieve. When people feel supported in their work, they are more confident, more engaged, and better equipped to deliver the highest standards of care.

As the conversation shifts from recovery to sustainability, perhaps the focus should shift as well. Beyond staffing numbers and retention metrics lies a more fundamental question: are we creating environments where people can learn, grow, contribute, and feel supported every day they come to work?

Read the full report here:
https://hubs.li/Q04k20xw0

Today's SPD teams are more diverse than ever in terms of experience, training backgrounds, and certification pathways.

New technicians enter the field with varying levels of knowledge and experience. Seasoned professionals bring valuable expertise shaped by years of practice. Meanwhile, standards continue to evolve, technologies become more complex, and accreditation expectations grow.

The challenge for SPD leaders is not simply training individuals. It's creating consistency, competency, and confidence across the entire department.
In our latest blog, Karyn Wippler, Customer Success Manager at Incision, shares how hospitals are using MySPD to address this challenge.

"We see customers using MySPD in three main ways: orientation, continuous education, and standardization."

What makes these three areas so powerful is how interconnected they are. Strong orientation builds confidence from day one. Continuous education helps teams stay aligned as best practices evolve. Standardization and competency management help ensure quality, consistency, and audit readiness across the department.

The impact of this approach can be significant. At OhioHealth, MySPD helped strengthen staff knowledge and confidence across 13 SPD sites, including among team members with more than three years of experience.

Read the full blog to learn how SPD leaders are using orientation, continuous education, and competency management to build more consistent, confident, and resilient teams: https://hubs.li/Q04jJ9md0

Healthcare systems worldwide are sending a clear signal: operational resilience is becoming a strategic priority.

According to new research from Galen Growth, Healthcare Operations & Workflow now captures 46% of all health-system partnerships, as providers prioritize measurable ROI, workforce support, and capacity relief.

What makes this especially interesting is how consistent the trend is globally, even if the drivers differ by region.

• In the US, health systems are focused on reducing administrative bottlenecks and improving operational throughput.
• In Europe, the emphasis is on clinically validated solutions that strengthen preparedness, decision-making, and quality of care.
• In APAC, rapidly digitising healthcare systems are investing in scalable operational infrastructure from the ground up.

Across all regions, one challenge remains universal: Healthcare teams are being asked to manage growing complexity with limited time, staffing shortages, and increasing pressure.

That’s why operational technology in healthcare can no longer focus only on efficiency metrics; it must also support the people delivering care.

At Incision, we see this every day in the OR. Teams need accessible workflow knowledge, surgeon-specific preparation, and support that reduces stress during high-pressure moments.

Teams using Assist report:
• Faster onboarding
• Easy knowledge sharing across teams
• More predictable and sustainable OR workflows
• A culture of continuous improvement

Because stronger healthcare operations start with teams who feel confident, prepared, and supported.

Read the full article here:
https://hubs.li/Q04j8xzC0

Read more about Assist here: https://hubs.li/Q04j8t6x0

Begin deze maand waren onze collega’s Eva en Marleen aanwezig op het 42ste nationaal VVOV-congres in Oostende. Een mooie gelegenheid om opnieuw in contact te komen met operatieverpleegkundigen uit heel Vlaanderen en om te luisteren naar wat er vandaag leeft op het operatiekwartier.

Onze stand was gedurende de twee congresdagen druk bezocht. We hebben heel wat waardevolle gesprekken gevoerd over voorbereiding, kennisdeling en samenwerking op het operatiekwartier.

Wat ons vooral opviel tijdens het congres, is dat belangrijke informatie in veel ziekenhuizen vandaag nog verspreid terug te vinden is in notities, mapjes of verschillende systemen. De gesprekken maakten duidelijk hoe belangrijk het is dat OK-teams snel en eenvoudig toegang hebben tot de juiste informatie. De interesse in oplossingen die daarbij ondersteunen, zoals Incision Assist, was groot.

Voor ons was het een bijzonder geslaagde editie, met veel inspirerende ontmoetingen en inzichten die we meenemen in hoe we OK-teams blijven ondersteunen om goed voorbereid en met vertrouwen samen te werken.

Bedankt aan iedereen die langskwam om ervaringen en ideeën met ons te delen. We kijken nu al uit naar volgend jaar!

Excited to share that Incision will be attending HIMSS Europe 2026 in Copenhagen next week.

Our Managing Director BeNeLux, Femke, will be joining the Dutch Community delegation organized by Cognicum, bringing together healthcare leaders, innovators, and changemakers focused on shaping the future of digital health.

HIMSS Europe continues to be one of the most important spaces for conversations around healthcare transformation, AI, interoperability, workforce challenges, and the role technology can play in creating more connected, resilient health systems across Europe.

For us, these conversations are especially meaningful because digital transformation in healthcare is not just about systems and infrastructure. It is about supporting the people delivering care every day.

We’re looking forward to connecting with healthcare leaders from across Europe and beyond, exchanging ideas, learning from forward-thinking organizations, and discussing how better access to knowledge and education can strengthen confidence, collaboration, and performance in perioperative and sterile processing teams.

If you’ll be at HIMSS Europe 2026 or part of the Dutch Community, we’d love to connect in Copenhagen.

Today, on International Nurses Day, we celebrate the nurses who bring skill, resilience, compassion, and calm to some of healthcare’s most demanding environments every single day.

This year’s theme from the International Council of Nurses, “Our Nurses. Our Future. Empowered Nurses Save Lives,” is a powerful reminder that supporting nurses is not optional. It is foundational to the future of healthcare.

In operating rooms around the world, nurses are the constant force behind safe, coordinated, patient-centered care. They adapt to growing complexity, support teams under pressure, advocate for patients, and help keep surgical care moving forward, often in incredibly challenging circumstances.

At Incision, we are proud to support perioperative nurses across the globe, from the Netherlands and Belgium to the United States, the United Kingdom, the GCC, and the broader Middle East. We are equally proud of the many nurses within our own team whose clinical experience, insight, and dedication help shape everything we do.

Every day, we see the impact that preparation, education, and accessible knowledge can have on confidence, wellbeing, teamwork, and patient care. Empowering nurses means more than recognizing their contribution. It means giving them the support, tools, trust, and opportunities they need to thrive in their roles and shape the future of care.

To every nurse: thank you for the care you provide, the knowledge you share, and the strength you bring to your teams and patients every day.

Happy International Nurses Day!

A highlight of the HSPA Leadership Seminar was the opportunity to dive deeper into a topic that many Sterile Processing leaders struggle with: providing solid, scalable education to their teams.

In the session, “Closing the Gaps: Digital Education to Strengthen Team Wellbeing & Performance,” Aimee Space, together with OhioHealth, explored why educational variation can quickly become operational variation, especially as SPD teams face growing complexity, staffing pressures, orientation demands, and evolving standards.

The session highlighted how structured digital education can help:
• Reduce educator and preceptor burden
• Build confidence across all experience levels
• Improve consistency across sites and shifts
• Support orientation and long-term competency
• Reduce operational errors and workforce strain

The discussion also shared real-world outcomes from OhioHealth, where teams saw:
• Knowledge increase by 90%
• Confidence increase by 50%
• Approximately 40% reduction in SPD errors across participating hospitals

Most importantly, the conversations throughout and after the session reinforced something we care deeply about at Incision: when healthcare professionals feel supported, prepared, and confident, teams perform better together.

We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who joined the session and contributed to such thoughtful discussions afterward. The openness of the audience, the quality of the questions, and the shared commitment to supporting SPD professionals made this one of the most meaningful conversations of the event.

Want to know more? Read the OhioHealth case studies here: https://hubs.li/Q04fYxDB0