If you are a hospital administrator or operating room director experiencing growing concerns over first case start delays, you are in the right place. Since 2004, CCI Anesthesia has been able to …

Sep 9, 2016 · There are many different ways to measure an on-time start: wheels-in time, induction time or cut time. Your staff and surgeons must work off a standardized definition of …

The treatment capacities are limited in a hospital setting and the operating rooms (ORs). Their optimal utilization is vital in efficient hospital management. Starting late means considerable …

Dec 1, 2025 · That late start leads to additional delays, stress on staff to make up for lost time, and unhappy providers and patients. For this reason, first case on-time starts (FCOTs) are a …

The widely accepted cost of delays in OR start time is $62/minute, which means that 15 minutes of delay of a single OR case costs almost $1,000. Delays in the operating room start time not …

ED crowding is a major problem that threatens patient safety. Policymakers and administrators should consider it a public health crisis and develop temporary and permanent solutions to …

Oct 10, 2022 · Our objective was to identify the causes of surgery start time delay and proffer possible solutions.

Malfunctioning equipment, late patients, a lack of a consent form, an incomplete workup are among the myriad of reasons that ORs delayed each day across the country. However, …

Dec 17, 2025 · Fortunately, there are practical, high-impact strategies you can implement to reduce patient wait times without overhauling your entire practice. Here are 14 tactics to help …

You may count time you spend on the same day with the same patient in multiple settings, or time you spend on a patient who transitions between outpatient and inpatient status, toward the …