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Lessons from evidence-based operating room management in balancing the needs for efficient, effective and ethical healthcare
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Lessons from evidence-based operating room management in balancing the needs for efficient, effective and ethical healthcare

Allyson C Rosen and Franklin Dexter
American Journal of Bioethics, Vol.9(4), pp.43-44
2009
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802716894
PMCID: PMC2707925
PMID: 19326313

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Abstract

Foglia et al. (in press) describe tension in two veteran's hospitals among managers, clinicians, and patients over allocating appropriate resources to support care and inefficiencies in care delivery. Ultimately ethical healthcare in a system which is committed to caring for an entire population of patients must use its limited resources effectively while not compromising patient safety. This discussion gives examples from operating room management in which systematic analyses of existing data can guide more efficient care delivery.

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