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  • Surgery
  • Healthcare Management
  • Operations Research

Background:

  • Acute care surgery (ACS) models offer benefits but face challenges in operating room (OR) efficiency measurement due to unpredictable case volumes.
  • Traditional metrics often inaccurately label ACS services as inefficient.
  • This study evaluates an alternative method, performance fronts, for assessing OR efficiency in ACS.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if performance front methodology is superior to traditional metrics for evaluating OR throughput and efficiency in institutions with robust ACS services.
  • To assess if allocating dedicated block time for ACS improves OR throughput and efficiency.

Main Methods:

  • Collected OR metrics for one year pre- and post-ACS implementation.
  • Calculated overall OR efficiency using mean case volumes for general surgery (GS) and ACS services.
  • Analyzed median monthly minutes (in block, out of block, after hours, unused) for GS and ACS services.
  • Compared efficiency using traditional metrics and the performance fronts method.

Main Results:

  • Overall OR case volumes increased by 5%, primarily driven by ACS cases.
  • Traditional metrics showed ACS as less efficient than GS, with no significant change post-implementation.
  • The performance fronts method revealed improved efficiency for GS, ACS, and combined services post-implementation.

Conclusions:

  • The performance fronts methodology provides a more accurate evaluation of OR efficiency in busy ACS settings.
  • Allocating dedicated OR time for ACS services enhances overall OR throughput and efficiency.