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Most work was completed after hours or on weekends to reduce the impact on the hospital's
surgical schedule.
The
surgical schedule for the next few days is getting full.
The work was completed last month and a normal
surgical schedule resumed at Memorial Campus on Feb.
Many surgical pathologists take the time to review the
surgical schedule. Those with access to electronic medical records can easily look up the surgeon's notes, as well as other elements of the medical record, in anticipation of a potential intraoperative consultation.
The surgical calendar, exclusive to ESRM, is another feature that facilitates the booking process, and provides a visual depiction of the
surgical schedule for the entire practice.
They may also have a
surgical schedule of $2,000 to $20,000.
The elective
surgical schedule is the driver of the peaks and valleys in the inpatient census of a hospital.
No surgeries were scheduled Sunday, but surgeons were prepared for a normal weekend
surgical schedule, said Dr.
Similarly, it reduced the lead time necessary to stock a surgical cart from 20 hours to 10 minutes and eliminated all rework due to
surgical schedule changes.
In these tense days of concern about the risk of hospital errors, at least the gynecologic surgeons were spared some surprise procedures on the
surgical schedule.