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OR Excellence 2019 Awards - September 2019 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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ule, but you've still got holes in your schedule because of unused block time, you've got a problem. The best solution is a set-in-stone percent- age of block time that physicians must fill. Let's say you set the block time utilization threshold at 70% of their scheduled time. If doctors are only filling their schedules, say, 50% of the time, you should cut the blocks accordingly. Create a ramp-up schedule. When bringing on new surgeons, you'll want to analyze anticipated case volume. Create a form for potential physicians that asks how many cases they typically do by day or by block, how many of those cases they'd bring to your facility and what the case mix is likely to be (for example, will an orthopod's cases include complicated shoulder surgeries or simple knee arthro- scopies?). You'll also want to get the physician's payer mix. You might think twice if 17 of the 20 cases an ENT wants to bring to your facility each month are Medicaid patients. 3 S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 1 9 Interested in finding out more about what you can do to combat excessive tardiness, constant call- outs, endless turnover and personality conflicts among staff? Make plans to attend OR Excellence in New Orleans from Oct. 3-5. Ms. Geier's talk, "Yes, You Can Conquer 5 Persistent Staffing Problems," will cover everything from proven strategies to manage con- trasting staff personalities (sensitive introverts clashing with passive- aggressive extroverts) to the keys to maintaining organizational trans- parency. Visit orexcellence.com for more information about the conference program and to register. See Ann Geier, MS, RN, CNOR, CASC, at OR Excellence

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