Team Showcase:
2010 Team Showcase Competition: Region 4
Contact the Regional Coordinator for more information:
Region 4 Coordinator
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Region Four
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Bay Pines VA Health Care System
The Bay Pines VA Health Care System consists of a level 1a complexity hospital based in Pinellas County and community based clinics throughout 11 counties along the Gulf Coast. The Bay Pines Team is comprised of interdisciplinary healthcare and administrative staff that successfully addressed throughput and efficiency problems in the Operating Room. The team utilized Operations Management tools, such as the Critical Path Method, and Variability Methodology, to improve OR utilization, stabilize admissions patterns, and decrease delays. Overall, this effort has resulted in zero cases being cancelled due to lack of a hospital bed, an improvement of on-time cases from 17% to 90%, an increase in OR Utilization of ~10%, as well as in higher patient and staff satisfaction, and decreased avoidable overtime costs. The efficiency outcomes have shown to be highly cost effective as there has been an increase in billable cases completed, without increasing OR space or nursing staff. During the same time period, Bay Pines continued to meet or exceed all targets related to quality outcomes. The team leader is Dr. Terry Wright, Chief of Surgery.
Counties in Region 4: Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota