O/R Suite

Frequently, the contract between the hospital and the anesthesia practice providing anesthesia services calls for the anesthesia practice to cover a defined number of "rooms" or O/R Suites.  These suites are often not fully utilized.  In turn, this requires that more anesthesiologists will be required to provide anesthesia for the number of surgical cases performed.  Analysis reporting by suite is often required to convince hospital administrators that the staffing model is inefficient and places an unreasonable financial burden on the anesthesiology department.