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Block scheduling
To keep things moving, block out
morning and afternoon shifts for
your GI docs. Let's say your facility has 4 procedure rooms. Schedule
4 doctors to come in from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m., and assign each to a
room. After an hour lunch break, those 4 doctors leave and 4 more
doctors come in for cases from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Having clearly
defined a.m. and p.m. blocks with set start and stop times reduces any
delays that arise when doctors shuffle in and out of facilities as they
please, says Becky Johnson, RN, clinical director of the Lincoln
(Neb.) Endoscopy Center.
"We block-schedule them so they each have 9 to 10 cases, and then
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