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SynthesisJournal of medical systems2023

Operating Room Performance Optimization Metrics: a Systematic Review.

Anne M Schouten, Steven M Flipse, Kim E van Nieuwenhuizen, Frank Willem Jansen, Anne C van der Eijk, John J van den Dobbelsteen

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Synthesis in Journal of medical systems, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Towards automatic quantification of operating table interaction in operating rooms.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2025
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  12. Optimizing the Efficiency of Operating Room by Extending the Working Hours during Evening and Weekends.Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH · 2025
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  19. Zero-Cost-Based Management Theory: A Conceptual Framework for Organizational Transformation.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Anne M SchoutenBiomedical Engineering Department, Technical University of Delft, Mekelweg 5, 2628 CD, Delft, the Netherlands. A.M.Schouten@tudelft.nl.
Steven M FlipseScience Education and Communication Department, Technical University of Delft, Mekelweg 5, 2628 CD, Delft, the Netherlands.
Kim E van NieuwenhuizenGynecology Department, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Frank Willem JansenBiomedical Engineering Department, Technical University of Delft, Mekelweg 5, 2628 CD, Delft, the Netherlands.
Anne C van der EijkOperation Room Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, the Netherlands.
John J van den DobbelsteenBiomedical Engineering Department, Technical University of Delft, Mekelweg 5, 2628 CD, Delft, the Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Literature proposes numerous initiatives for optimization of the Operating Room (OR). Despite multiple suggested strategies for the optimization of workflow on the OR, its patients and (medical) staff, no uniform description of 'optimization' has been adopted. This makes it difficult to evaluate the proposed optimization strategies. In particular, the metrics used to quantify OR performance are diverse so that assessing the impact of suggested approaches is complex or even impossible. To secure a higher implementation success rate of optimisation strategies in practice we believe OR optimisation and its quantification should be further investigated. We aim to provide an inventory of the metrics and methods used to optimise the OR by the means of a structured literature study. We observe that several aspects of OR performance are unaddressed in literature, and no studies account for possible interactions between metrics of quality and efficiency. We conclude that a systems approach is needed to align metrics across different elements of OR performance, and that the wellbeing of healthcare professionals is underrepresented in current optimisation approaches.

Indexed as

BenchmarkingOperating RoomsEfficiency, OrganizationalHumansWorkflowOperation RoomOptimizationPerformance MetricsWorkflow

Identifiers

PMID36738376
PMCPMC9899172

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