World-Class OR Turnaround Times: Secrets Uncovered

ABSTRACT
- ONE OF THE ASPECTS of OR service that is most important to surgeons is quick OR turnaround times.
- PERIOPERATIVE STAFF MEMBERS and one orthopedic surgeon at the Community Hospital, Munster, Ind, have developed an inovative approach to the OR turnaround process that considerably increases efficiency and reduces average turnaround times.
- BY ASSIGNING SPECIFIC TASKS to each perioperative team member, scheduling surgical procedures in order based on type of rpocedure, and drawing on individual team members' traits, the orthopedic surgeon is able to perform more procedures than other orthopedic surgeons in that facility in the same amount of time, which increases revenue for the hospital. AORN J 85 (May 2007) 942-949. © AORN, Inc, 2007.