Hospitals that want a high-quality, high-efficiency, and high-margin surgery program should focus on these areas first:
Look at all the interlinked parts of your surgery program simultaneously (quality, operations, supply chain, financial, people, and culture).
Remember, most surgical adverse events relate to patients’ medical conditions and inadequate planning, not your surgeons’ skills.
Implement a great, standardized preop clinic and process.
Utilize providers with training in perioperative medicine at every step in the process.
Implement robust perioperative analytics systems and provide real- time insights to front-line staff.
Use evidence-based best practices, algorithms, and order sets consistently.
Modify care plans in response to each patient's unique risk profile.
Develop a robust, physician-led surgery governance system.
Invest in your people and in building a great culture in the OR.