Dammam Maternity and Children Hospital – Saudi Arabia – International Best Practice Competition – 2025 – (Optimizing Operating Room Utilization)
Maternity and Children Hospital - Dammam has developed a best practice in operational efficiency with its "OR FLOW" model, an in-house initiative designed to optimize surgical access and operating room (OR) performance. Faced with a high patient waiting list and an OR utilization rate of only 77.6%, the hospital created a unified, real-time scheduling and coordination system. The model is driven by a multidisciplinary team using digital dashboards to manage waiting lists, standardise scheduling,
BPIR Categories
6.4.1 Improve process/service performance
6.4.2 Implement systems for managing the service
9.5.2 Manage team performance
14.1.1 Design & deploy performance measurement system