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1Cardiovascular and Surgery Services, Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa, OK 74136, USA.
Best Practices and Benchmarking in Healthcare : a Practical Journal for Clinical and Management Application
|May 1, 1996
Abstract:
The scheduling of surgery provides opportunities to orchestrate a wide variety of resources that have a significant impact on both hospitals, physicians, and patients. This article presents the successful development and implementation of a block scheduling system in a large operating room setting. Strategies include process redesign, automation, and physician empowerment to achieve outcomes of improved efficiency, customer satisfaction and physician self-governance.