eBook:

How to Improve Your Surgery Scheduling Process: A Comprehensive Guide

Use this step-by-step manual to identify your OR challenges, streamline the surgery scheduling process, and optimize overall efficiency.

Did you know a study by Tulane University revealed that, on average, one missed surgery can cost over $7,100? It’s a fact: how your hospital or ASC manages the surgery scheduling process directly impacts your bottom line.

With as many as 150 data points just to schedule one surgery, the answer to improving efficiency is not always obvious. That’s why we’ve created this guide: to illuminate the strategies that can be most impactful to your practice.

Juggling surgeon’s schedules with the unpredictability inherent to the hospital environment and patient behavior is an undertaking that often falls to a few key personnel who may still be operating with archaic paper or email-based forms. When information is siloed, and schedulers are overwhelmed, it’s easy to see how OR efficiency can be compromised, leading to stressed-out physicians and disgruntled patients.

However, there is a better way to manage the surgical caseload.

Inside this guide, we explore the six main ways that surgery scheduling goes off track and how they can be overcome. You’ll learn how to identify inadequacies and seal the cracks that may be costing you.

How can you empower schedulers by sharing their knowledge?
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Are you tracking the right metrics to optimize scheduling blocks?
What is the most effective way to clean up your surgical preference cards?
What are 5 key forms that can streamline operational cost-efficiency?
How can AI (artificial intelligence) be used to automate patient communication and optimize calendars?
What are the 9 most crucial features to look for in a surgery scheduling solution?