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Increasing cardio-thoracic productivity at Erasmus MC

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  • Maartje Zonderland
  • Jos Bekkers
  • Jasper van Bommel
  • Maarten Ter Horst
  • Wouter van Leeuwen
  • Femke van den Wall Bake
  • Willem Wiegersma
  • Ad Bogers

Abstract

The Thoraxcenter of Erasmus MC started an improvement project in 2015 in order to increase the number of open-heart surgeries by 150 for three consecutive years (450 in total, +46%), and to decrease the access time from 12–14 to 2–3 weeks by the end of 2016. This was required to attain economy of scale in a highly competitive market. In this paper we describe the first year of the project, focusing on its structure and interventions taken, resulting in 165 additional open-heart surgeries carried out in 2016 and a significantly shorter access time of 2–3 weeks.

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  • Maartje Zonderland & Jos Bekkers & Jasper van Bommel & Maarten Ter Horst & Wouter van Leeuwen & Femke van den Wall Bake & Willem Wiegersma & Ad Bogers, 2022. "Increasing cardio-thoracic productivity at Erasmus MC," Health Systems, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(1), pages 68-74, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:thssxx:v:11:y:2022:i:1:p:68-74
    DOI: 10.1080/20476965.2020.1848357
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