The authors analyzed the impacts of COVID-19 on orthopedic operating room efficiency via comparison of 14,856 surgeries performed before, during, and after the pandemic. Objective: The COVID-19 ...

Recent improvement projects underline the same point. In one 2025 ambulatory surgery center project, standardizing the time ...

Surgical care remains one of the most significant drivers of overall hospital cost—yet the medical readiness of complex surgical patients is often overlooked in financial and operational planning.

Operational efficiency refers to an organization's ability to reduce waste of time, effort and material while still producing a high-quality service or product. It's a measure that balances the input ...