We had the same preop assessment issue and localized it – saved about $600k in reduced cancelled surgeries.
We closed our inventory system (we use Pyxis) – costs some dollars to implement, but reduced supply cost per surgery by about 18% – will pay for the system in less than 18 months.
We are working on first surgery time, but we really don’t have a huge issue there. We are finding that actualy the second and third scheduled surgeries are the trouble spots. We are working on a better way to pre-set carts for the next surgery to reduce supply wait time, we have a coordination schedule with environmental so they can plan their room cleans, and we have implemented a Manager position for the business side of surgery top oversee the issues, if any. We are also working on handoff between surgery-PACU-unit. Found we had a short wait time after surgery, causing a need to have a longer break between events.
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