title: Panel targets operating room management for the future.
abstract: The traditional OR is changing due to current trends towards outpatient surgeries. Service, quality, and cost-effectiveness are qualities patients want in an OR. In the future, surgery will be easier and faster. The OR of the future will be more customer-friendly and humanistic.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Liner
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011787:Quality of Health Care