title: Winning the political game of OR scheduling.
abstract: At 7:30 a.m., phones in the surgery department suddenly begin ringing off the hook. The weekly operating room schedule has been announced; surgeons who do not qualify for a slot in one of the schedule's predesignated time blocks are vying for the limited remaining time. This is a familiar scene in hospitals across the country. Keeping time in a stressful situation can make OR scheduling a political battle.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Moran
mesh_terms: D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008331:Management Information Systems; D008511:Medicine; D009870:Operating Room Information Systems; D010562:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling Information Systems; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States