Operating room effectiveness: a lean health-care performance indicator

Six practices of the lean operating room.

Health care industry representatives in the operating room.

Policy Only knowledgeable health care industry representatives will be permitted access to the operating room at Southwest General Health Center (SWGHC) for the purpose of providing technical support during a surgical intervention. The presence of any health care industry representative in the OR must be justified by his or her contribution to positive patient outcome and is subject to approval...

Using Lean strategies to improve operating room efficiency.

Operating Room Scheduling Considering Patient Priorities and Operating Room Preferences: A Case Study

Operating rooms have become the most important areas in hospitals because of the scarcity and cost of resources. The present study investigates operating room scheduling and rescheduling considering the priority of surgical patients in a specialized hospital. The ultimate purpose of scheduling is to minimize patient waiting time, surgeon idle time between surgeries, and penalties for deviations...

Public trust in health care: a performance indicator?

PURPOSE If public trust in health care is to be used as a performance indicator for health care systems, its measurement has to be sensitive to changes in the health care system. For this purpose, this study has monitored public trust in health care in The Netherlands over an eight-year period, from 1997 to 2004. The study expected to find a decrease in public trust, with a low point in 2002. ...