Effect of a Novel Financial Incentive Program on Operating Room Efficiency
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Effect of a novel financial incentive program on operating room efficiency.
IMPORTANCE Operating room (OR) turnaround times (TATs) and on-time first-case starts (FCSs) are commonly used measures of OR efficiency. Prolonged TATs and late FCSs occur frequently at academic medical centers. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that establishing a financial incentive program (FIP) for OR teams would improve efficiency, leading to decreased TATs and improved on-time FCSs. DE...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2168-6254
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.1233