title: Lessons learned from the operating room about procedure efficiency.
abstract: The driving force for increasing efficiency in most endoscopy suites is to accommodate the flood of patients requiring screening colonoscopy. It is likely that in the next 5 to 10 years, another, less invasive screening test, will replace this demand. This article reviews some of the lessons learned from surgeon's and anesthesiologist's efforts to improve operating room (OR) efficiency and suggests ways to apply this information to running the endoscopy suite.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1475 NW 12(th) Avenue, Suite 4023, Miami, FL 33136, USA. bdunkin@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Dunkin
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013997:Time Factors