Case Study: Review of Operating Room Utilization at Naval Hospital Jacksonville

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine if the operating suite at Naval Hospital Jacksonville (NHJAX) is being under utilized. The operating suite consists of six operating rooms (OR) that provide service for seven surgical services. The variables OR capacity, OR capacity utilized, allocated block time per service, allocated block time used per service, and the number of surgical cases referred outside NHJAX were analyzed. Data were collected over fiscal year 2002. Analysis showed that the OR suite is only utilizing 69.25% of available minutes for the year. Out of the seven surgical services only Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) consumes greater than 75% of allocated minutes. The result of this study showed that the OR is being under utilized and that the antiquated data collection system (which requires a great deal of manual data collection) employed n the OR suite needs to be replaced with a user-friendly modern system. Thereby, allowing for improved utilization of resources, including equipment, rooms, and staff.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA421228

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  • Lashelle R. Hamilton

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  • Academy of Health Sciences

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  • Biomedical

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  • Anesthesia
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  • Descriptive Analytics
  • General Surgery
  • Health Services
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  • Information Systems
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  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Patient Care
  • Physicians
  • Statistics
  • Surgery
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