Critical to maintaining a financially viable and marketable surgery pro-gram is the operation of an effective and efficient surgical program. At least seven key pro-gram elements dramati-cally impact surgical program marketability and success.
Hospital Management Solutions from OR Efficiencies
Operating Room Business Planning & Development
"Our surgeons wanted to develop their own ASC until Ippolito and his team showed us that a community hospital OR can be as efficient as a surgery center. Surgeon satisfaction improved and the surgeons continued to support the hospital."
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Surgery: The Financial Engine That Drives a Hospital
For the full service medical center (on average and variable by payor mix) a hospital's surgical program is worth in excess of $2,000 per case in hospital bottom line margin (before indirect cost allocations)
Regardless of how successful a hospital is a savvy administrative team does not take success for granted. Most hospital executives recognize that surgery is the financial engine that drives a hospital and that long term success in the surgical healthcare market results from provision of efficient, client-centered operational programs and ongoing business planning activity.
Purpose:
OR Efficiencies Operating Room Business Planning & Development helps:
Identify aspects of your surgery program that can realistically increase market share.
Recognize elements that are at risk for loss to competitors.
Develop a plan to both protect and increase your current market share.
Develop an understanding of your physicians' needs and the criteria they use to evaluate which hospitals to base their practices.
Develop tactical plans to achieve optimal satisfaction levels and long-term relationships between your hospital and medical staff with the goal of increasing referrals.
Position your hospital and medical staff as one strategic unit, improving your ability to market to and negotiate with managed care organizations.
What is the Risk for your Institution?
Total Cases per 100K population and site of service
Service Site
Cases/100K
Physician's Office
212
ASC
6,490
Community Hospital
3,001
Medical Center
1,010
University
105
Operating Room Business Planning & Development begins with OR Efficiencies. Contact OR Efficiencies today to discuss your Operating Room business planning needs.
Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Planning
End-To-End Ambulatory Surgery Development & Management
Over the past two decades surgery has become vastly outpatient based. For most hospital's surgical programs at least seventy percent of all surgery performed is outpatient surgery. On average at least seventy percent of outpatients are candidates to have their procedures performed in Ambulatory Surgery Centers.
Ambulatory Surgery Program
Succession Planning for the Operating Room
Providing assistance in succession planning for the Operating Room.
OR Efficiencies provides the tools and assistance to plan the management succession for your operating room. Our process identifies key roles, the management capabilities of existing staff, and cultivates qualified internal candidates to become superior leaders for tomorrow's perioperative environment.
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The Challenge of Physician Recruitment
Physician Recruitment & Medical Staff Development By OR Efficiencies
One of the greatest challenges for hospitals wanting to increase market share is the ability to recruit and retain physicians with the skills, training and personality to attract patients and develop their confidence. Patients expect your hospital to have specialists that are comfort-able performing procedures in a minimally invasive manner. Physician Recruitment
