The operating room is the financial hub of any hospital, and maximizing operating room
efficiency has important implications for cost savings, patient satisfaction, and medical team …

… utilization of operating room block time for each individual patient, procedure, and surgeon.
… operating room costs, define some of the metrics used to evaluate operating room efficiency…

… accountability, can improve OR efficiency. The time savings … in operating room efficiency
by analyzing operating room data … were all important contributors to improved efficiency. …

… in the operating room being accountable to managers outside of the operating room. A
key factor in any improvement we have had in our operating rooms is a separate room and …

… operating room efficiency by changing patient flow rather than simply working to streamline
existing steps. This increase in efficiency … struggling to improve operating room efficiency. By …

… , but unfilled, operating room (OR) time of surgical services should be released to maximize
OR efficiency. OR time was allocated for two surgical suites based on OR efficiency. Then, …

… There is substantial opportunity to enhance operating room efficiency during the intraoperative
period. Surgeons may have a particular role in procedural efficiency, which has been …

… Operating room efficiency can be compromised because of surgical instrument processing
… Our objective was to create a streamlined instrument tray to optimize operative efficiency …

… To measure operating room (OR) performance and efficiency, hospitals need scorecards
or dashboards displaying and tracking core performance indicators. Scorecards should be …

… 8 ] achieved significant improvements in operating room efficiency by analyzing OR data on
… collection were all important contributors to improved efficiency. The importance of audit as a …