Andrea Bille, thoracic surgeon at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, explains how the trust reduced surgical procedure lengths by nearly 20 minutes per case.
When surgical teams talk about improving efficiency, the focus often falls on the operator - can the surgeon go faster or can technique be refined? At Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT), leaders in robotic thoracic surgery, took a different approach. They examined the ‘non-procedural' time surrounding each case using Proximie's Intelligence Suite to surface hidden capacity within the operating day.
