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ArticleHealth systems (Basingstoke, England)2022

Increasing cardio-thoracic productivity at Erasmus MC.

Maartje Zonderland, Jos Bekkers, Jasper van Bommel, Maarten Ter Horst, Wouter van Leeuwen, Femke van den Wall Bake, Willem Wiegersma, Ad Bogers

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Article in Health systems (Basingstoke, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Maartje ZonderlandCenter for Healthcare Operations Improvement and Research, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.
Jos BekkersCardio-Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Jasper van BommelIntensive Care, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Maarten Ter HorstAnesthesiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Wouter van LeeuwenCardio-Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Femke van den Wall BakeCardio-Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Willem WiegersmaCardio-Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Ad BogersCardio-Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Thoraxcenter of Erasmus MC started an improvement project in 2015 in order to increase the number of open-heart surgeries by 150 for three consecutive years (450 in total, +46%), and to decrease the access time from 12-14 to 2-3 weeks by the end of 2016. This was required to attain economy of scale in a highly competitive market. In this paper we describe the first year of the project, focusing on its structure and interventions taken, resulting in 165 additional open-heart surgeries carried out in 2016 and a significantly shorter access time of 2-3 weeks.

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Cardio-thoracic surgeryoperating roomsplanning & schedulingprocess improvement

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PMID35127060
PMCPMC8812799

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