Running an efficient OR is expensive. In fact, the average cost of OR time is $62 per minute. That’s $3,720 an hour. On top of this, various OR factors can contribute to process obstacles that ultimately lead to expensive case delays, which are measured not only by the hard dollar cost of staffing and products but also by the clinical quality of care.
Acurity helps you best manage your OR costs by reviewing and analyzing supply expense and utilization metrics to identify the greatest areas for improvement. Our experts provide hands-on expertise related to reducing perioperative variability. These saving strategies combined with our expertise ensure that your system is both cost-effective and marketable as a result of renewed operational effectiveness, patient experience, and physician and staff satisfaction.
Meet Our Expert
Sandra Monacelli, BSN, RN, CNOR
Vice President
Sandra Monacelli leads system-wide value analysis and perioperative improvement processes at healthcare organizations, reducing clinical supply chain spend by employing cost of care, quality, and clinical outcomes data to identify opportunities. Her past roles include responsibility for the strategic direction and management of perioperative services in a top-tier medical teaching institution, with hands-on nurse leadership (cardiac rhythm disease management and orthopedics). Over the course of her career, she has created and implemented high-functioning perioperative cultures in a variety of demanding OR suite settings.
