Perioperative Consulting and Process Assessment

Surgeons and their surgical teams depend on up-to-date Preference Cards that detail correct equipment, supplies, medications, and patient positioning devices to ensure a safe and efficient surgical experience. Enhance Healthcare’s perioperative experts can help revise and organize your preference cards, optimize workflow, and provide your team with a methodology to effectively manage and update this vital component of a well-managed operating room.

Accurate case scheduling and effective management of block time are crucial components of an efficient perioperative service. EHC possesses extensive knowledge and experience in optimizing these processes, thereby enhancing overall utilization, reducing costs, and improving the satisfaction of surgeons, proceduralists, and nurses.

Challenges in the Sterile Processing department (SPD) often drive frustrated surgeons to the C-Suite and away from your operating rooms. If your OR is suffering from bioburden, immediate use of trays, flashing, and holes in wrappers, these issues may potentially become adverse events. Our team is equipped to assess the current state of your SPD and develop an improvement plan to increase operational efficiency.

From arrival at the facility until discharge from recovery, the patients’ surgical journey is determined by a series of processes, each of which must be performed in synchrony to maximize outcomes and efficiency.  Our deep dive assessment includes analysis of a variety of OR datasets as well as direct onsite observations and data gathering.  This approach allows us to measure and benchmark various components of day of surgery performance and to identify prioritized opportunities for improvement.

Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers are increasingly aware of the dramatic results obtainable through the implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Pathways. Evidence-based clinical pathways are integrated into a coordinated care approach with consistent processes and an emphasis on patient-focused care. This methodology has been shown to optimize surgical outcomes, eliminate unnecessary costs, and improve postoperative pain scores. Our perioperative anesthesia consultants partner with your hospital to develop and implement a results-oriented ERAS program across a single or multiple surgical service lines.

Perioperative assessments and perioperative consulting conclude with a final report to leadership designed to describe current performance and identify actionable opportunities for improvement. Since each engagement is customized to meet client requirements, every final report addresses these client-specific issues. This report typically includes a utilization analysis with benchmarking, block time analysis, staffing efficiency options, recommendations regarding performance metrics, and satisfaction survey summaries. Findings from process assessments and mapping will also be presented. Based on the results, EHC will outline key opportunities for improvement and prioritize next steps.

Many groups and facilities require the implementation of prioritized recommendations from the initial assessment. These requirements are unique to each situation, but perioperative subject matter expertise is necessary to maximize results. Our implementation support services address various needs customized to the client. These services include scheduling and block scheduling optimization, staffed location redesign, OR process improvement, preadmission testing redesign, optimization of preference cards, and sterile processing. To ensure the sustainability of improvement efforts, the EHC team can also assist with redesign of OR governance, dashboard development, implementation of ERAS, and documentation of updated processes.