... expenditure is increasing every year because of the rapidly aging population. One of the solutions for this problem is to improve the productivity of healthcare. The purpose of this paper is to determine the factors that change surgeons’ productivity in one year. Design/methodology/approach...

... and their productivity analyzed by simulation and newsvendor model. Findings Detailed analyses of surgery durations and the use of more accurate case categories and their combinations in scheduling improved OR productivity 11.3 percent when compared to the base case. Planning to have one OR team to work longer led...

...Peter Merry; Gillian Wing Describes the Sigma Project. The Project, under way in a number of health care settings across Trent Regional Health Authority, is making dramatic productivity gains and improvement in the quality of care by adopting a radical approach to health care provision and setting...