Efficient operating room (OR) management is a constant balancing act between optimal OR
capacity, allocation of ORs to surgeons, assignment of staff, ordering of materials, and …

Background Several performance metrics are commonly used by National Health Service
(NHS) organizations to measure the efficiency and productivity of operating lists. These …

Cancellation of scheduled surgery is undesirable for patients and an inefficient use of
resources. We prospectively collected data for 52 consecutive months in a public general …

Background Changes that improve the quality of health care should be sustained. Falling
back to old, unsatisfactory ways of working is a waste of resources and can in the worst case …

Background The cancellation of planned surgeries causes prolonged wait times, harm to
patients, and is a waste of scarce resources. To reduce high cancellation rates in a …

This study explores the conditions under which shared team task-specific (STTS)
experiences in crew-based arrangements may negatively influence team effectiveness. We …

ObjetIvo El uso eficiente de pabellones destinados a cirugías electivas es fundamental para
resolver patologías en lista de espera quirúrgica. El objetivo general de este estudio es …

Methods In a university hospital setting, we first assessed the extent to which the current ad-
hoc method of operating list planning was able to match the scheduled operating list times …

Operating theatres represent a significant cost burden for healthcare providers around the
world. Theatre start time is widely acknowledged as an important target for efficiency …

We analysed more than 7000 theatre lists from two similar UK hospitals, to assess whether
start times and finish times were correlated. We also analysed gap times (the time between …