LeanTaaS Exhibitor CE Program - Modernizing OR Scheduling

Scheduling surgical cases is a complex process that requires OR schedulers to juggle faxes, phone calls, emails, and texts to match patient and surgeon preferences with available ORs, staff, and equipment. Despite efforts to deliver optimal "customer service" to surgeons and their clinics, OR managers often get complaints from surgeons about access while gaps remain in the schedule.  

Cancellations of elective cases due to COVID-19 created surgery backlogs and strained an already overtaxed manual process. The pandemic magnified the need to modernize OR scheduling processes. By leveraging technology that works with your electronic health record and incorporates predictive and prescriptive analytics, you can open up OR access on a new level. A modernized OR schedule not only will help optimize prime time, it will also help deliver better patient care and increase staff and surgeon satisfaction.

By attending this session you'll be able to:

• Identify the top 3 core challenges of current/standard OR scheduling practices.
• Discuss ways to create capacity during prime time and thereby increase surgeon satisfaction.
• Describe modern frameworks that streamline scheduling practices without intensive information technology or analytics resources.