Tag Archives: operating room efficiency

a little data goes a long ways…

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Brian D Gregory MD, MBA

Although the expression –‘it’s not what you have, but how you use it’– is not entirely true, knowing how to massage whatever data you have can be very productive.  The data needed for this display is easily available from the … Continue reading →

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Foldit….human pattern recognition trumps algorithms…

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Brian D Gregory MD, MBA

One of my tenets is that creating tools that help people recognize patterns can create better results than creating an algorithm than cannot take into account all the parameters of a situation.  Just like the saying “One picture is worth … Continue reading →

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labor analysis of CRNA from collectible time data…

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Brian D Gregory MD, MBA

6:00 Labor Analysis 482 230 280 0.5809 150 102 14:02 The above shows information about the work of a CRNA during the day. The CRNA clocked in at 6:00 am and out at 14:02 for total Time-on-the-Clock wage minutes of … Continue reading →

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Wasting surgeons’ time? One hospital– $27 Million opportunity Loss per Year from scheduling

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Brian D Gregory MD, MBA

click here:  3 Graphs of Actual and Optimized Surgical Schedule « ORTimes – Healthcare Systems Engineering Analysis The above chart was derived from data from a client who wanted to know if they were using their CRNAs efficiently. (we’ll show that … Continue reading →

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