Solutions to Surgery Management Problems

Facilities Planning and Space Programming of Surgical and Special Care Areas*

*Special Care Services for which HLA offers consultation in include: Surgical Suites of all types; Ambulatory Surgery Units: Ambulatory Care Centers; Emergency Departments: Obstetrics Departments; Anesthesia Departments; Intensive Care Units of all Types; Cardiac Catheterization Units; Special Procedure Units; Dialysis Units: Endoscopy Departments; Central Supply Departments; Physical Medicine Departments; Facilities and Systems for Medical Research Projects.

• Planning based on qualification and documentation of needs

• Trend analysis and marketing decisions for specialty surgical services

• Quantification and justification of functional and space needs for Certificate of Need submission

• Decision assistance on renovation, expansion, or replacement

• Equipment requirements analysis; adaptation to new technologies

• Environmental needs assessment and code conformity analysis

• Physical facilities concepts; block diagrams

• Coordination and collaboration with architects and engineers

Materials Cost Reduction Programs

• Surgical case cost benchmarking analysis

• Surgeon benchmarking programs

• Cost reduction programs and strategic plan development

• Custom pack simplification

• Anesthesia drug cost reduction programs

• Integrated delivery network development

• Orthopedic joint implant cost reduction programs

• Values analysis programs

• Sterile reprocessing management studies

Educational Activities

Lectures We have presented lectures on OR management and design before the American College of Surgeons, Association of Operating Room Nurses, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, American Hospital Association, American Medical Association, among others.

Books and articles Our articles on operating room environment and allied subjects have appeared in many professional journals. (List of Publications supplied on request). Our book Hospital Special Care Facilities: Planning for User Needs, Academic Press, 1981, was reviewed as "the definitive work in the field".

HLA Newsletter We regularly respond to questions about OR management, environmental hazards and design from everyday users of ORs and special care facilities through our quarterly HLA Newsletter.

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