Research published in the Canadian Journal of Surgery suggests an eight-step change process may help improve operating room efficiency, particularly on-time surgical starts. 8-Step Process for Leading ...
Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center has added 1,705 more surgeries and reclaimed more than 257,000 case minutes between fiscal years 2021 and 2024 — a gain driven by predictive analytics ...
The book Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals: Simple Steps to Fast, Affordable, Flawless Healthcare (McGraw-Hill; 2011) describes how hospitals can increase quality and cost efficiency. The following excerpt ...
Maintaining high efficiency and productivity is critical for hospitals and ASCs, which operate on increasingly thinner margins due to changes in reimbursement policies and other factors. 1. Operating ...
The authors analyzed the impacts of COVID-19 on orthopedic operating room efficiency via comparison of 14,856 surgeries performed before, during, and after the pandemic. Objective: The COVID-19 ...
One of the goals of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to cut costs and improve efficiency of hospital care. The new ACA guidelines could mean financial penalties for hospitals ...
Announces New Computer-Vision Technology Designed to Streamline Operations and Eliminate Manual Tasks EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KARL STORZ United States, a leader in surgical innovation and ...