• Healthc Financ Manage · Jan 2011

    Enhancing OR capacity and utilization.

    • Jeffry A Peters and Harrison M Dean.
    • Surgical Directions, LLC, Chicago, USA. jpeters@surgicaldirections.com
    • Healthc Financ Manage. 2011 Jan 1; 65 (1): 66-71.

    AbstractTo make better use of existing operating room (OR) capacity--in terms of both facility space and staffing--Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock established a surgical services executive committee to strengthen performance improvement efforts. Initiatives included the following: Redesigning OR block scheduling Establishing agreed-upon performance metrics for the OR. Developing new processes for managing patients preoperatively.

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