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Will Operating Rooms Run More Efficiently When Anesthesiologists Get Involved in Their Management?

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An operating room that has grown continuously has encountered managerial problems. Just a few years ago, there were 7 operating rooms performing annually about 3400 cases. The hospital has built 5 additional operating rooms with a staff of 11, and around 6000 cases will be performed by the end of this fiscal year.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Anesthesiology, James J. Peters VA Medical Center and the Mount Sinai Hospital, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, New York, 10468, USA

    Steven D. Boggs

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Vermont Medical Center, 111 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, Vermont, 05403, USA

    Mitchell H. Tsai

  3. MIS, School of Business Administration Oakland University, 200 I Elliott Hall, 2200 N. Squirrel Road, Rochester, Michigan, 48309, USA

    Mohan Tanniru

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Corey S. Scher

  2. Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Anna Clebone

  3. Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology (Emeritus), Former Assistant Director of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Hospital Center Retired from Department of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Sanford M. Miller

  4. Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Bellevue Hospital Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, New York, New York, USA

    J. David Roccaforte

  5. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, Vice Chair Faculty Promotion Associate Director Anesthesia Service Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, USA

    Levon M. Capan

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Boggs, S.D., Tsai, M.H., Tanniru, M. (2017). Will Operating Rooms Run More Efficiently When Anesthesiologists Get Involved in Their Management?. In: Scher, C., Clebone, A., Miller, S., Roccaforte, J., Capan, L. (eds) You’re Wrong, I’m Right. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43169-7_13

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