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Tag Archives: schedule
micro real options in the OR…
One advantage of performing virtually identical cases—such as specialty ORs (cataract surgery would be an example) is that the room setup is virtually identical and a great deal of time can be saved (or avoided) by being able to put … Continue reading
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sample new OR scheduler
For all those OR schedulers out there, here’s a new approach. I left most of the data off on purpose to emphasize the information that the graphics—lines, blocks, fonts, colors, sizes, and proximity— can show. When in the program, pages … Continue reading
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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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communication…life line
With today’s technologies, there are multiple ways for anesthesiologists and surgeons to keep organized and transfer documents while driving in the city, roaming the halls of the hospital, or during a case in the OR. No one should have to … Continue reading
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the fungible anesthetist…
See also: staffing anesthesiologists…the law of unintended consequences I’m emphasizing anesthetists as the fungible commodity (since they can be more readily fungible, and expensive), however it could be anything such as nurses, surgeons, equipment, OR rooms, etc. The existence of similar … Continue reading
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incentive, compensation, transparency
Incentive, Competitiveness, Transparency If most of anesthesiologists are supervising CRNAs, the anesthesiologists’ job is to increase the amount of the CRNAs’ billable time at the facility. Have the anesthesiologists do all the pre-ops, IVs in the pre-op area, and care … Continue reading
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Same as last post. CRNA centric view of schedule for the day.
Here’s a different view of CRNA usage (bottom graph of last post –January 23, 2010). It’s organized by CRNA—Follow the CRNA through the day to successive rooms. The CRNA (1aa, 1ab, 1af…) is listed to the right of every horizontal … Continue reading
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The bottom line…
Each row represents an individual CRNA. If over half of each time unit (10 minutes) is billable on an anesthesia record, then it is red. Less than half is yellow. Exactly half is green. Lines that are all yellow belong … Continue reading
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Graph of CRNA usage for optimized Surgeon Schedule
also see: FTE vs cost accounting … when PUNs equal CUEs also see: Wasting surgeons’ time This is a graph of the CRNA usage for the Optimized Surgeon schedule from the blog post dated Jan 20, 2010. Compare this graph to … Continue reading
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Graphs of Actual and Optimized Surgical Schedule
Warning! Not for the graphically challenged. In reference to the graphs I posted on January 14, 2010, I’ve added several graphs with detailed information. The first graph is of the actual room schedule (non-optimized) before optimizing it by a better … Continue reading
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I don’t understand what you mean…
We were having a discussion the other day about whether it would be more profitable to teach finance concepts to the people doing the actual work on the shop floor (‘workers’) or to teach the finance and accounting people (‘suits’) … Continue reading
I love my work, but…
As a follow-up from my post on Jan 14, 2010 “Are you wasting your surgeons’ time?” showing how surgeons can decrease their time in the OR, here’s a recent article from the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research and Department … Continue reading
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Who’s in charge here, anyway?
A big problem in the OR is that not everyone is working for the same goal. The major players are surgeons, anesthesiologists, and the hospital (nurses, orderlies, administrators, etc.), each wanting to maximize their income and minimize their work and … Continue reading
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With whom should I do my cases?
<click on the above graph for a larger image> The above graph is an example of finished data analysis for three different orthopedic groups (Arizona Cutters, ORO Pods, Tucson Bones) which are deciding in which hospital, and with which anesthesia … Continue reading
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Do you know where your CRNAs are?
<click on graph to enlarge in separate window> [Note that the scale for the upper and lower graphs are different] I mentioned in the prior post that my client had wanted an analysis of how well they were using their … Continue reading
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ORTimes 