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Does parallel workflow impact anesthesia quality?
Andreas R Seim1, Mark Meyer, Warren S Sandberg
1Department of Production and Quality Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Abstract:
Redesigns of workflow to allow parallel processing of OR tasks in the Operating Room of the Future at Massachusetts General Hospital have reduced non-operative time, increasing OR throughput. Automatically gathered anesthesia times were studied to address concerns that the new process constricted anesthesia work time. Upon close examination, it was found that 'Induction Time' was the only time interval not impacted by extraneous influences that invalidated other metrics based on the automatic data. 'Induction Time' increased in the Operating Room of the Future as compared to Standard Operating Rooms.
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