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Zonderland, M. (Maartje), J.A. Bekkers (Jos), J. van Bommel (Jasper), M. ter Horst (Maarten), W.J. van Leeuwen (Wouter), van den Wall Bake, F. (Femke), Wiegersma, W. (Willem) and A.J.J.C. Bogers (Ad)

2020-11-26

Increasing cardio-thoracic productivity at Erasmus MC

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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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Keywords Cardio-thoracic surgery, operating rooms, planning & scheduling, process improvement
Persistent URL doi.org/10.1080/20476965.2020.1848357, hdl.handle.net/1765/132067
Journal Health Systems
Organisation Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
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Zonderland, M. (Maartje), Bekkers, J., van Bommel, J., ter Horst, M., van Leeuwen, W., van den Wall Bake, F. (Femke), … Bogers, A. (2020). Increasing cardio-thoracic productivity at Erasmus MC. Health Systems. doi:10.1080/20476965.2020.1848357
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