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Process Redesign to Improve First Case Surgical Starts in an Academic Institution

Niharika SawDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
, MD,
Joshua C. VacantiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
, MD,
Xiaoxia LiuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
, MS,
Monica SaRegoDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
, MD,
Hugh FlanaganDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
, MD,
Bhavani Shankar KodaliDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
, MD &
Richard D. UrmanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, MBA show all
Pages 95-102 | Received 02 Jul 2014, Accepted 10 Nov 2014, Published online: 17 Dec 2014

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