Tag Archives: room flipping

Getting Dr. Able out of the OR before 4pm…

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Brian D Gregory MD, MBA

narration for SHS1013 poster presentations supports  #161 “SHS2013 Clarifying OR On Time Starts” supports #107 “SHS2013 Clarifying OR Turnover Time Concept Graph” supports #113 “Resolving Resistance to OR scheduling changes; Implementing a Multi-faceted Model” also see The effects of late surgeons … Continue reading →

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OR Policy Comparative Results and PreOP Congestion

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Brian D Gregory MD, MBA

See also: “SHS2013 Resolving Resistance to OR Scheduling” “SHS2013 Clarifying OR Turnover Time Concept Graph” “SHS2013 Clarifying OR On Time Starts” Many PreOp holding areas have a large variance in their usage.  To keep PreOp from being a constraint (bottleneck) for surgery (surgeons … 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 Brian D Gregory MD, MBA

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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flipping rooms…get started

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Brian D Gregory MD, MBA

If you’re in charge of the OR, whether nursing or an anesthesia or surgical group, and want to decrease turnover time, risks, and costs while increasing revenue — you could greatly benefit from flipping rooms. With internet connectivity in your … Continue reading →

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the art of flipping rooms…

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Brian D Gregory MD, MBA

– There are two main parts to flipping rooms: intra-case and inter-case. They are complementary and work together iteratively. – An analogy of this iterative type of scheduling –adjusting individual cases(intra-case) and schedule (inter-case) to make a good fit– is … Continue reading →

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