Tag Archives: OR scheduling

Why OR staffing and scheduling is different than ER staffing and scheduling…

Posted on July 21, 2013 by

The OR case load has a very high daily variability of patient arrivals similar to an ER. However, unlike an ER patient’s arrival that normally may monopolize a single (or shared) ER nurse and room until the next caretaker (physician, … Continue reading →

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constraint theory and Pareto Optimals…

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

Brian Gregory, MD, MBA • Wayne, good question. Healthcare is a funny animal–you have constraints within constraints. One of the main tenets of ToC is to pick what you want to be the constraint. In the case of the OR (ER, radiology, … Continue reading →

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increase strategy to increase throughput: …data in context…lean in context…flipped rooms…

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

Why is this important? It can significantly increase total throughput and throughput as referenced by a particular agent (surgeon, anesthesiologist, hospital). Increased throughput can be converted into large increases in revenue. It can decrease cost for all agents. It can … Continue reading →

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Protected: the art of flipping rooms…

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

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