Increasing operating room efficiency through parallel processing

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-14

  Friedman, David M ^a   Sokal, Suzanne M ^a   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   Berger, David L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RECOVERY ROOM; REGISTRATION; REIMBURSEMENT; SEDATION;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HERNIA; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 30144439969     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000193600.97748.b1     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Mangum SR, Cutler K. Increased Efficiency through OR redesign and process simplification. AORN. 2002;76:1041-1046.
2. Overdyk FJ, Harvey SC, Fishman RL, et al. Successful strategies for improving operating room efficiency at academic institutions. Anesth Analg. 1998;86:896-906.
3. Dexter F, Coffin S, Tinker JH. Decreases in anesthesia-controlled time cannot permit one additional surgical operation to be reliably scheduled during the workday. Anesth Analg. 1995;81:1263-1268.