Overview
      • Perioperative Coaching teams in Ontario
      • Their purpose-The process-The findings
      • Best Practice Targets for Perioperative Units
      • Identify Factors in Perioperative units that impact 
         PACU efficiency 
      • Present strategies to optimize PACU efficiency
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     Perioperative Coaching 
     teams
     Recommended by Report of the Surgical
     Process Analysis and Improvement
     Expert Panel June 2005
     www.health.gov.on.ca
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           Key Recommendation
      • To help hospitals to continuously improve OR 
         efficiency, access and quality of service
      • Develop Perioperative Improvement coaching 
         teams to help government understand perioperative 
         issues
      • To help hospitals improve perioperative efficiency 
         and performance
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                   Site Visits
     • 58 hospitals in Ontario have had 
        Perioperative coaching visits
     • 45 Hospitals have had follow up visits
     • Fall 2005-May 2009
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      The Perioperative Coaching 
      Visit
      • The coaches: composition, training
      • Preparation: Hospital expression of interest, 
        SPAI self assessments, Hospital profile, 
        Wait time data, LHIN information, data
      • Pre visit teleconference
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