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Surgical Directions is a national consulting firm that assists community hospitals and academic medical centers with operational, financial, and strategic performance improvements in perioperative and anesthesia services. Our firm, led by a collaborative team of Anesthesiologists, OR Nurse Executives, and Perioperative Business Strategists and Analysts, has successfully helped hospitals and health systems improve perioperative services by:
- Implementing new models of perioperative governance creating alignment of key stakeholders
- Improving patient throughput utilizing Lean Methodology reducing waste and increasing efficiencies
- Increasing access to the O.R.
- Creating appropriate and fair block scheduling systems that increases block utilization and surgeon satisfaction
- Ensuring adequate Anesthesiology coverage and services
- Developing surgical service business line strategies to grow incremental volumes
- Streamlining and standardizing the preoperative process decreasing case cancellations
- Improving anesthesia charge capture, billing and collections
- Developing performance-based Anesthesia compensation programs
As a result of our work, our clients have experienced growth in surgical volume and improvements in their hospital's overall financial performance.
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