title: Enhancing OR capacity and utilization.
abstract: To make better use of existing operating room (OR) capacity--in terms of both facility space and staffing--Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock established a surgical services executive committee to strengthen performance improvement efforts. Initiatives included the following: Redesigning OR block scheduling Establishing agreed-upon performance metrics for the OR. Developing new processes for managing patients preoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Directions, LLC, Chicago, USA. jpeters@surgicaldirections.com
authors.forename: Jeffry A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Harrison M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D001131:Arkansas; D057191:Capacity Building; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D014481:United States