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bad research…or bad reporting?
This is an example of the perils (morbidity, mortality, and financial) of mathematical manipulation of data by researchers in basing broad conclusions without more fully understanding the processes and externalities involved: Unnecessary anesthesia adds $1B to health spending – FierceHealthcare … Continue reading
Posted in Accounting, Ambulatory Surgical Center, anesthesiologist, ASC, board of directors, CEO, surgeon
Tagged anesthesia, OR scheduling, OR throughput, risk, risk management, scheduling
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TOC in the OR visualized…
Ah…. theory of constraints… This is a visual representation to help with handling constraints in the OR. For those who use TOC, be aware that the person represented by the green bar (‘Anes MD presence’) could be simultaneously supervising four … Continue reading
Posted in anesthesiologist, scheduling, surgeon
Tagged anesthesia, anesthesiologist, COO, risk management, surgery, theory of constraints, toc
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understanding visual analytics… and others
What’s wrong with this picture; I see what you mean; I hear where you’re coming from; Something doesn’t feel right: These statements represent analytics. Analytics can be defined as the presentation of input in such a way that it taps … Continue reading
Posted in anesthesiologist, healthcare reform
Tagged anesthesia, COO, healthcare reform, risk management
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the law of unintended consequences…staffing anesthesiologists
Value: easily and potentially > than $1,000,000 a year Let’s suppose that a hospital wants fellowship trained anesthesiologists to do all their cases: pediatric anesthesia fellowship for all pediatric cases, neuroanesthesia fellowship for all neuro cases, ob-gyn fellowship for all … Continue reading
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Tagged anesthesia, CEO, cfo, COO, legal risk, risk, risk management
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How to Tell the Productive Surgeons from the non-Productive
The previous blogs were concerned with economic gains for the different parties (surgeon, anesthesia, hospital) by optimizing the relationship each case had with another case (inter-case) — the OR schedule. Each OR is dramatically different, and what works for one … Continue reading
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Tagged anesthesia, CEO, linkedin, risk management, schedule, scheduling, surgeon
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