Report of a tour of the surgical centers in the United States organized by the Japanese Association for Operative Medicine

We, 4 authors, visited 4 surgical centers in the United States last year on a tour sponsored by the Japanese Association for Operative Medicine. The surgical center of each hospital we visited aimed to contribute to the hospital not only in terms of financial strength but also in the creation of a u...

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Published inMasui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology Vol. 60; no. 11; p. 1342
Main Authors Mizutani, Koh, Nagase, Kiyoshi, Shinomiya, Satoshi, Orita, Mutsuko
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan 01.11.2011
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Summary:We, 4 authors, visited 4 surgical centers in the United States last year on a tour sponsored by the Japanese Association for Operative Medicine. The surgical center of each hospital we visited aimed to contribute to the hospital not only in terms of financial strength but also in the creation of a unique hospital brand value by increasing the number of surgeries compared with previous years as much as possible. The role of surgical centers in the United States was comparable with what we consider an ideal center in Japan. We also found that management of the surgical centers by directors who are specialized anesthesiologists is well organized to promote efficiency with respect to organization, utilities and human resources, and realized that these anesthesiologists must know how to manage the team members and the organization of the surgical centers to improve the quality of operative medicine.
ISSN:0021-4892