Prediction of the time to complete a series of surgical cases to avoid cardiac operating room overutilization

摘要

Purpose Operating room (OR) efficiency could be improved by reducing overutilization. In this article we suggest a methodology to accurately determine the time to complete a series of surgical cases in a single cardiac OR to avoid overutilization. Our methodology includes the basic assumptions that the first case starts on time, there are no add-on cases, and there is a predetermined OR time allocation.