April 15, 2023

Increasing Efficiency in Surgical Procedures

St. Joseph Hospital: A Case Study

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Increasing efficiencies in the Operating Room

At University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, the use of Intralign’s Surgical First Assistants (SFAs) is seen as critical to maintaining a high quality of surgical service while also increasing efficiencies in the Operating Room.

Such efficiencies are necessary to effectively manage an increasing patient load without an equal expansion of surgeon staff.

Few models can achieve both at the same time, and at St. Joseph Medical Center, the Intralign program is hailed as a unique success.

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OR Efficiency: Reducing Surgery Time

2013 sample procedures and gains in productivity at St. Joseph Medical Center:

On average, using an Intralign SFA reduces surgery time by 15-25%, depending on the procedure type – at no additional cost to the hospital.

Procedure

Actual

procedure time

Typical procedure

time* (minutes)

# of 2013 proce- dures

Minutes freed

General Surgery 100 138 1123 42,674

Urology 205 270 117 7,605

GYN 128 138 80 800

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Payroll Impact

“Intralign’s SFA program has saved us over $1.0M in payroll costs per year.” Jim Rapier, Director of Surgical Services, University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center

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Intralign Impact at St. Joseph Medical Center:

Support/Volume:• 17 SFAs

credentialed to support surgeries

• Total number of procedures supported in 2013: 2048

Surgical Time Savings

• Reduced surgery time per year – General Surgery:

711 hrs (equivalent to 426 procedures)

• Reduced surgery time per year – Urology:

125 hrs (equivalent to 37 procedures)

• Reduced surgery time per year – GYN:

13 hrs (equivalent to 6.25 procedures)

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