title: Novel, Web-based, information-exploration approach for improving operating room logistics and system processes.
abstract: Routine clinical information systems now have the ability to gather large amounts of data that surgical managers can access to create a seamless and proactive approach to streamlining operations and minimizing delays. The challenge lies in aggregating and displaying these data in an easily accessible format that provides useful, timely information on current operations. A Web-based, graphical dashboard is described in this study, which can be used to interpret clinical operational data, allow managers to see trends in data, and help identify inefficiencies that were not apparent with more traditional, paper-based approaches. The dashboard provides a visual decision support tool that assists managers in pinpointing areas for continuous quality improvement. The limitations of paper-based techniques, the development of the automated display system, and key performance indicators in analyzing aggregate delays, time, specialties, and teamwork are reviewed. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with implementing such a program in the perioperative environment are summarized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. pnagy@umm.edu
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Konewko
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Warnock
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seagull
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019990:Perioperative Care