David Christopher, Orthopedic Surgeon Case Study

David Christopher, Orthopedic Surgeon Case Study

Case overview:

Dr. Christopher is a surgeon who runs his own orthopedic clinic. He & one other surgeon perform surgeries every morning for 5 hours a day, 4 days a week for a total of 20 hours each week. They also like to keep a 10% (2 hour) safety capacity for any unexpected problems with scheduled surgeries and emergencies. We are looking to analyze to see that the surgeons have enough time to properly & safely perform all their procedures during their morning surgery time.

Learning Objectives:

* Use capacity measures to examine current surgeon workloads

Orthopedic Surgery Procedure | Surgeon Changeover Time (minutes) | Surgery Time (Minutes) | Surgeon Identity | Demand (No. of Patients Scheduled Weekly) |

Rotator cuff repair | 45 | 45 | B | 2 |

Cartilage knee repair | 45 | 30 | B | 1 |

Fracture tibia/fibula | 45 | 60 | B | 1 |

Achilles tendon repair | 20 | 30 | B | 3 |

ACL ligament repair | 20 | 60 | B | 4 |

Fractured hip | 45 | 80 | A | 0 |

Fractured wrist | 45 | 60 | A | 2 |

Fractured ankle | 45 | 70 | A | 1 |

Hip replacement | 60 | 150 | A | 2 |

Knee replacement | 60 | 120 | A | 3 |

Shoulder replacement | 120 | 180 | B | 1 |

Big toe replacement | 45 | 90 | B | 0 |

Shown above is the current workload for the two surgeons.

Surgeon Identity | Demand (No. of Patients Scheduled Weekly) | Total Changeover Time (minutes) | Total Surgery Time (minutes) | Total Changeover & Surgery Time (minutes) |

B | 2 | 90 | 90 | 180 |

B | 1 | 45 | 30 | 75 |

B | 1 | 45 | 60 | 105 |

B | 3 | 60 | 90 | 150 |

B | 4 | 80 | 240 | 320 |

A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

A | 2 | 90 | 120 | 210 |

A | 1 | 45 | 70 | 115 |

A | 2 | 120 | 300 | 420 |

A | 3 | 180 | 360 | 540 |

B | 1 | 120 | 180 | 300 |

B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

| | 875 | 1540 | 2415 |

| | 36% | 64% | |

| | | | |

1130 | minutes | or | 18.8333333 | for surgeon B |

1285 | minutes | or |...