title: Improving efficiencies and reducing costs in adult cardiac surgery: a team approach.
abstract: The article reviews a team effort to reduce operating room costs by 25 percent. The team achieved this goal by participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Breakthrough Series on adult cardiac surgery. The process improvements included standardizing practices, reevaluating equipment, and reducing operating room cycle time.
authors.affiliation: Morton Plant Mease Health Care, Clearwater, FL, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lain
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dworkin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rackstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000758:Anesthesia; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008332:Management Quality Circles; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010477:Perfusion; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D013523:Surgical Equipment / Q000191:economics; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*