Background What is common to many healthcare systems is a discussion about the optimal
balance between public and private provision. This paper provides a scoping review of …

Abstract The Perioperative Surgical Home is a model adopted by the American Society of
Anesthesiologists to increase quality and patient safety and to decrease costs. This Special …

Health care organizations are operating in a complex environment. The competitive and
dynamic health care sector has spurred hospitals into delivering greater flexibility and …

BACKGROUND: Analysts and clinicians sitting in operating room (OR) committee meetings
cannot evaluate rapidly whether a suggested idea to reduce delays in first case of the day …

Consumer-driven health care relies on transparency in cost estimates for surgery, including
anesthesia professional fees. Using systematic narrative review, we show that providing …

In this special article, we evaluate how to reduce the number of hours that anesthesiologists
and nurse anesthetists work beyond the end of their scheduled shifts. We limit consideration …

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the differences in primary anterior cruciate
ligament reconstruction (ACLR) surgical time and operation room (OR) work efficiency …

Background With bundled payments and alternative reimbursement models expanding in
scope and scale, reimbursements to hospitals are declining in value. As a result, cost …

Surgical operating rooms are cost-intensive parts of health service production. Managing
operating units efficiently is essential when hospitals and healthcare systems aim to …

BACKGROUND: We analyze data from the American Society of Anesthesiologist's (ASA)
Anesthesia Quality Institute (AQI) to report the US anesthesia workload by time of day and …