UCHealth Unlocked $400k Revenue per OR per Year
UCHealth’s hospitals and clinics have been trusted healthcare destinations for generations of Coloradans. Today, based on four consecutive years of recognition of their superior nursing processes and quality patient care from the American Nurses Credentialing Center and their ranking as one of the top 15 hospitals in the country by US News and World Report, […]
The data proves it: first case starts and turnover time are not your best metrics
As a perioperative business manager for almost a decade, I’ve seen dozens of operating room efficiency improvement projects and benchmarks that focus heavily on first case delays and turnover times. On the surface, that makes sense; if the first case doesn’t start on time, it has a snowball effect on the rest of the day. […]
Operating room block scheduling needs an overhaul
One minute of utilized operating room (OR) time can be worth more than $70 in revenue and one minute of staffed OR time can cost $50 or more, making underutilized OR time a huge problem. Each year, roughly 51 million surgeries are performed in the 5,000+ hospitals and 5,000+ surgery centers in the U.S. MGMA […]