{"id":20891,"date":"2023-08-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightning-bolt.com\/?post_type=blog&p=20891"},"modified":"2024-09-13T10:19:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T15:19:20","slug":"case-scheduling-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.lightning-bolt.com\/blog\/case-scheduling-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"How Case Scheduling Software Can Enhance Operating Room Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Healthcare is a noble profession, but as many will attest, clinicians still have to overcome far too many daily obstacles to do what they were trained to do\u2014treat patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eliminating these obstacles with smart technology has been PerfectServe\u2019s remit for 25 years. Medicine will always require some level of human oversight, but when you can automate manual processes that cause delays and add frustration, you\u2019re going to make clinicians very happy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lightning Bolt Scheduling<\/a> has been doing this for years by automating the creation of provider schedules. That same functionality is applicable to the daily OR case schedule\u2014case scheduling software<\/a> can auto-generate case assignments with your group\u2019s policies, rules, and preferences in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disrupting the Operating Room Case Scheduling Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As the saying goes, necessity is the father of invention, and this rang true for Dr. Mike Bronson. Dr. Bronson helped design Lightning Bolt’s case scheduling software after experiencing first-hand the struggles of building daily OR case schedules for his group. He came face to face with a vital process that was in desperate need of a revamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This responsibility is usually given to a senior anesthesiologist, and it\u2019s normal to find them building the next day\u2019s schedule in the late afternoon or early evening\u2014after they\u2019ve dispensed with their clinical duties. Depending on the group size, it can take anywhere from 45 minutes to a few hours<\/em> to finish this process. After the schedule is sent out, it\u2019s also inevitable that the creator receives texts, phone calls, and emails requesting revisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking on this kind of tedious task after finishing a day of procedures is, to say the least, not ideal. And that\u2019s why Dr. Bronson was convinced he could do it better with technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With help from a friend who had deep experience in the fields of data analytics, advanced algorithms, and UI\/UX designs, Dr. Bronson spent four months studying past data and figuring out different ways of scheduling. The next ten months were spent building the basic solution infrastructure, laying a foundation for the algorithms, and then optimizing said algorithms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using Case Scheduling Software to Auto-Generate Daily OR Schedules <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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