Process redesign to improve first case surgical starts in an academic institution

Journal of Investigative Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 95-102

  Saw, Niharika ^a   Vacanti, Joshua C ^a   Liu, Xiaoxia ^a   Sarego, Monica ^a   Flanagan, Hugh ^a   Kodali, Bhavani Shankar ^a   Urman, Richard D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

First case start; On time start; Operating room efficiency; Operating room management; Surgery start

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST CASE ON TIME START; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM FIRST START EFFICIENCY; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS REDESIGN; PRODUCTIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TIME FACTOR;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CONSENT FORMS; GENERAL SURGERY; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928629305     PISSN: 08941939     EISSN: 15210553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08941939.2014.987408     Document Type: Article

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