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    Area of Science:

    • Anesthesiology
    • Surgical Workflow Optimization
    • Health Systems Management

    Background:

    • Operating room (OR) efficiency is critical for surgical capacity.
    • Regional anesthesia for upper extremity surgery is common.
    • Optimizing anesthetic workflows can improve patient throughput.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate the impact of performing regional anesthesia outside the OR in parallel on daily surgical case volume.
    • To assess improvements in efficiency and productivity through parallel processing of regional anesthesia.
    • To determine the effect on surgeon overtime for upper extremity procedures.

    Main Methods:

    • A simulation model was developed using data from adult patients undergoing regional anesthesia for upper extremity surgery.
    • The model compared standard OR anesthesia with parallel processing (inside and outside the OR).
    • Evaluated the number of surgeries completed in a standard workday and predicted overtime.

    Main Results:

    • Parallel processing of regional anesthesia increased the average number of cases per day by 0.42.
    • Reduced days requiring overtime by 43% when assuming three cases per day.
    • Projected a reduction of 40 minutes in daily overtime per surgeon.

    Conclusions:

    • Parallel administration of regional anesthesia can significantly increase daily surgical case capacity for upper extremity procedures.
    • Sufficient resources for parallel anesthesia processing can lead to substantial improvements in efficiency and productivity.
    • Simulation modeling is a valuable tool for assessing the system-wide effects of practice changes.