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The Relationship Between First Case On-Time Starts, Turnover Times, And Operating Room Productivity, Rhafia Bucoy
The Relationship Between First Case On-Time Starts, Turnover Times, And Operating Room Productivity, Rhafia Bucoy
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Operating room (OR) managers struggle to manage day-to-day surgical operations while meeting and exceeding organizational productivity amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The deferral of surgeries contributes to millions of backlogs of surgical case volume and unintended negative consequences. Grounded in the proposition that first-case on-time starts (FCOTS) and turnover time (TOT) are correlates of OR productivity, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between FCOTS, TOT, and OR productivity. Archival data from 136 electronic surgical records were collected from two free-standing ambulatory surgery centers and analyzed using multiple regression. The results of the one-service, eye-specialized, ambulatory …
Evaluating An Incentive Program To Improve Teamwork And Productivity In The Operating Room, Christopher Bejil
Evaluating An Incentive Program To Improve Teamwork And Productivity In The Operating Room, Christopher Bejil
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The operating room (OR) is a complex system that must run efficiently to remain profitable and of value to its multiple stakeholders who include the patient, surgeon, OR staff member, and hospital administration. The OR at the practice site struggled with teamwork and efficiency in the areas of first-case on-time starts, turnover time, and last-case out times, resulting in a less than favorable impact on the organizational bottom line. The practice-focused question asked if a performance-based incentive bonus program can improve OR efficiency in the departmentâs three major problem areas. Using Gittellâs relational coordination theory as a framework, the practice …