Quantifying the impact of surgical teams on each stage of the operating room process.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Operating room (OR) efficiency is a key factor in determining surgical healthcare costs. To enable targeted changes for improving OR efficiency, a comprehensive quantification of the underlying sources of variability contributing to OR efficiency is needed. Previous literature has focused on select stages of the OR process or on aggregate process times influencing efficiency. This study proposes to analyze the OR process in more fine-grained stages to better localize and quantify the impact of important factors.

Methods

Data spanning from 2019-2023 were obtained from a surgery center at a large academic hospital. Linear mixed models were developed to quantify the sources of variability in the OR process. The primary factors analyzed in this study included the pr

SUBMITTER: Meyers A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11484065 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature