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T
he OR minute can be the most expen-
sive minute in health care. Come to OR
Excellence and you'll learn how to deter-
mine your costs per surgical minute.
Calculating the cost of each case you
host is important, but determining the cost of each
minute that patients spend in your facility is truly
empowering. Anesthesiologist Bassam Kadry, MD,
MS, the director of perioperative analytics at Stanford
(Calif.) University School of Medicine, knows how to
collect the hard data needed to make that happen. His
proven formula involves combining OR block alloca-
tions with process-of-care mapping to drill down to
the exact cost of care. During a special 3-hour work-
shop on the conference's opening day, Dr. Kadry will
Expert data
analyst with
expertise in orga-
nizational culture
and change man-
agement.
Co-director of
Stanford
University's OR
management fel-
lowship.
Bassam Kadry, MD, MS
Yes, You Can Do
Accurate Case Costing
Determine the true cost of care to
boost your facility's profit potential.
Director of tech-
nology discovery and
strategic development
for Stanford Medicine
X, an innovative lead-
ership program that's
focused on patient-
centered care.
outline the keys to case-
costing success.
• Don't lose focus on
the cost of care. Many
administrators focus on
the difficult challenges
they face instead of the
obvious task of deter-
mining the exact cost of
surgical care. They want
to understand how much
they spend on each case,
but the process is
extremely complex.
Dealing with that com-
plexity is a challenge for
surgical leaders with a
clinical background.
• Start with assessing
