Abstract
The Time Driven Activity Based Costing (TDABC) measurement system, a model used in the business arena, can capture clinical processes and costs that other costing models often overlook. Use of this system permitted tying costs to time and resources and identified areas of inefficiency such as depleted supplies and health care and emergency supplies placed inconveniently. A multidisciplinary team developed an anesthesia checklist for use in a remote cardiopulmonary laboratory. The compliance rate for checklist completion was approximately 85%. Checklist implementation translated to a decrease in case delays and time expenditure in patient care by 58% with a cost savings of 2.5% per patient.
Recommended Citation
Dang, J., & Starnes-Ott, K. (2017). Using Business Modeling to Streamline Cost of Anesthesia in a Cardiopulmonary Laboratory. Journal of Nursing & Interprofessional Leadership in Quality & Safety, 1 (2). Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthoustonjqualsafe/vol1/iss2/4
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