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Dec 4, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Perioperative Care |Ingrid M Duva |Anagha Cupples |Hope Birdsong

Surgical Turnover Time Using Lean Six Sigma The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the US, providing care to 9 million enrolled veterans every year.1 Over the past several years, the operating room (OR) at the Atlanta Veteran Affairs (VA) Health Care System underperformed in meeting the VA National Surgery Office’s national turnover time (TOT) benchmark of 35 minutes for standard-complexity general surgery cases (eg, inguinal hernia repair,...