title: Managing operating room budget variances.
abstract: Credibility, power, and the ability to obtain greater departmental resources are three benefits of managing the operating room (OR) department's operating budget effectively. Still, few resources exist to help novice as well as seasoned OR directors grapple with the practicalities of maintaining their budget after the annual budget process is completed. The authors examine how astutely controlling personnel, materials, and services budget variances will result in hospital administrators "hearing" and approving an OR director's requests for resources more readily, staff and physicians who enjoy the benefits of better-staffed services and new technology, and an OR director with a reputation as an effective department head among peers in the hospital.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Mailhot
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Binger
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Slezak
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D002017:Budgets; D003361:Cost Allocation; D003363:Cost Control; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006295:Health Resources; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D011209:Power, Psychological; D000078329:Workforce