PURPOSE OF COURSE is to teach participants how to apply principles of operations research to solve problems in the operating room and perioperative environment:
- Monitoring operational and financial performance of surgical suites and
anesthesia groups (“descriptive analytics”),
- Forecasting case durations, time remaining in cases, use of staffed OR time
(“predictive analytics”),
- Applying principles of operations research to make common decisions as
well as possible, such as staffing levels, block time planning, case
scheduling and assignment, financial management, and strategic planning
(“prescriptive analytics”),
- Identifying in-house expertise to aid in problem-solving and determining
whether outside consultants are needed,
- Evaluating current decision-support systems.