More rooms, shorter days: Why predictive analytics is the key to fixing anesthesia “shortages”
Key Takeaways I recently read an article by Franklin Dexter and colleagues in the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia1, and I found the results fascinating. The data showed that more than 61% of anesthetics nationwide occur before 1:00 PM, and nearly 80% wrap up by 3:30 PM. Yet, in many hospitals, anesthesia providers are still scheduled […]
Optimizing the OR ecosystem: a holistic and AI-powered approach to perioperative transformation
Operating room (OR) efficiency is a key driver of both clinical and financial performance in healthcare, with ORs generating up to 70% of hospital revenue and up to 40% of expenses. The opportunity is clear, but past attempts to enhance OR efficiency often focused on isolated problems within the perioperative system—like early block release and […]
Optimizing surgical robots to drive efficiency and ROI in the OR
For more than a decade, robot-assisted surgery has been a consistent trend in hospitals and health systems across the country. This shows no signs of slowing down. The benefits of leveraging robots – wisely, cost-effectively, and for the surgical procedures that truly need them — can be many and far-reaching. Average ROI looks like a […]
Texas Healthcare System Sees 28% Relative Increase in Prime Time Utilization
With multiple hospitals across Texas, this health system’s perioperative departments face many challenges every day. But a throughline across all their ORs is a desire to grow case volume and improve OR efficiency to both improve costs for the system, and to best position themselves to serve the growing needs of the community.
New survey shows perioperative leaders’ focus on staffing as nationwide shortages continue into 2024
For patients, surgeons, and clinical staff alike, the experience of scheduling surgical procedures can be highly frustrating. Patients, on top of their apprehension going into surgery, often undergo long lead times before procedures and in some cases, last-minute reschedules. For surgeons and OR staff, operational roadblocks are also far too common. These include surgeons being […]
Optimizing the Surgical Workflow: Strategies for Improved Patient Access and Surgeon Satisfaction
In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, perioperative leaders face numerous challenges, including increased patient volumes, complex scheduling, and limited resources. To overcome these obstacles and provide exceptional patient care, it is crucial to quickly identify opportunities in order to streamline the surgical workflow. The challenges of maximizing patient access, ensuring surgeon satisfaction, and achieving resource utilization […]
Drive ROI from Healthcare AI this December, at the Sixth Transform Hospital Operations Virtual Summit
To discover the latest applications of AI technology in optimizing health systems and hospital operations, join the Transform Hospital Operations Virtual Summit, co-hosted by LeanTaaS in partnership with Becker’s Healthcare, on December 5-6. As hospitals and health systems continue evolving to meet the ever changing landscape of operational challenges, including narrower cost margins and continued […]
Unlocking Your ORs’ Potential: Lexington Medical Center Deploys Data-Driven Strategies for Maximizing Efficiency, Easing Staff Challenges, and Achieving a 6% Increase in Block Utilization
Hospitals and health systems today face unprecedented challenges, such as staffing shortages and increasing demand for treatment, with fewer resources available. Perioperative leaders are struggling to balance available resources like staffing and equipment with the demand for additional operating room time. Furthermore, low block utilization, lack of visibility into open OR time, and mistrust in […]
Transforming Surgical Services: Ochsner Health’s Strategies for Enhancing Surgeon Engagement and Optimizing Block Time & Robotic Efficiency to Drive 10% Increase in Robot Utilization
Ochsner Health is a non-profit, academic, multi-specialty healthcare system based in New Orleans. Their 767-bed flagship hospital houses centers of excellence in cancer, transplant, and cardiovascular care and holds Magnet recognition. Like many other health systems, Ochsner Health faced challenges optimizing use of the interconnected resources in the OR, including block time and robot-assisted surgery […]
Transforming Perioperative Performance: CommonSpirit Health Unites AI, Automation, and Change Management to Deliver a $40M ROI
The OR is a significantly powerful economic engine in the hospital. A single minute of OR time can be worth over $100, and a minute of block time up to $50,000. Maximizing OR efficiency and optimization are therefore vital to maintain the financial stability of healthcare systems. Unfortunately, efforts to resolve complex operational challenges often […]