The issue of specialized vs. interchangeable Operating Rooms (OR) caused a controversy in the literature on healthcare improvement. Specifically, if surgical cases include both scheduled (elective) and unscheduled emergency surgeries starting at random times, is it more efficient to reserve specialized operating rooms (OR) dedicated separately for scheduled and emergency surgeries, or is it better to perform both types of surgeries in any available OR using interchangeable OR arrangement?
The attached short document addresses this issue.
Separate operation rooms are more efficient in a busy hospital setting which receive many emergency admissions. For a example tertiary care centre or trauma centers. But if a institution which doesn't receive lot of emergency admission better to have interchangeable theater which is more cost effective.
You must provide evidence or data to support your claim. Without evidence, your post is empty words.
01. Dedicated operating room for emergency surgery improves access and efficiency doi: 10.1503/cjs.019711
02. Scheduling elective and emergency surgeries at shared operating rooms with emergency uncertainty and waiting time limit DOI 10.1016/j.cie.2021.107551
As in my earlier reply, you must provide evidence or data to support your statements. Without evidence, your recommendations are not justified and have no basis. My analysis was based on discrete event simulation modeling. You are supposed to do the same or reference someone else's analysis. See also the Bottom line in my attached document.
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