You stepped up when the crisis demanded. 你一直在为你的社区和病人服务. Now it’s time to look toward the future. CMS has issued their initial guidelines and key providers in surgery have released their recommended roadmap for resuming elective surgeries, but where do you start? How long will it take to get to normal? How deep is the financial deficit?
Below is a list of steps to help you feel comfortable reopening those OR doors:
确定需要多长时间才能缩小差距: 这将帮助你制定一个现实的游戏计划. Remember that some staff have been pushed during this crisis; considering their expectations and availability will be a large factor in closing this gap. Reviewing your historical capacity data to maximize throughput, efficiency, and prime time should be used as a first step but shouldn’t be the only step.
Consider payer mix to identify the most cost-effective case integrate: 我们的目标不是以最快的速度缩小差距. It’s to close it quickly and efficiently and in a way that avoids any long-term bottlenecks down the road (i.e.、倦怠、调度错误和费用捕获).
确保病情最严重的病人首先得到治疗; Although this seems straightforward, with the extensive backlog of patients it could be difficult to prioritize patients based on historical acuity or ASA levels. Making sure to account for this in your reactivation plan is critical to achieve efficiency and high quality of care.
愿意根据需要灵活调整工作量; 尽管最佳做法正在迅速发展, 没有特定于你们医院的例子. Being able to flex and adjust will prepare you for any and all curveballs that will likely come your way.
Getting your surgery department back up and running is going to be a demanding task, 在你已经在做的所有要求很高的任务之上. Thinking ahead and planning can help make this a little less demanding in hopes of getting back to a new normal as soon as possible.
