Washington DC Hospital Case Study
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SMI Group completed an assess-
ment for this 14 room perioperative services department to identify needed operational improve-
ments.
After six months of implementation support, they achieved:
- actively engaged physician leadership of and participation in its OR Committee,
- transformed scheduling from a total first come–first serve open system to one with well–utilized service blocks,
- reorganized staffing around newly created specialty teams aligned with the blocks,
- enhanced patient safety by expanding pre–anesthesia screening to all patients (over 90% compliance),
- and improved patient and family satisfaction by reducing day of surgery delays