# From closed ORs to +14K cases per year of added capacity

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### Restored coverage. Reopened capacity. Renewed care close to home.

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A large multi-hospital system wasn’t short on demand. It was short on anesthesia coverage. Hospital leaders didn’t need another vendor. They needed a trusted partner who could hire quickly, stabilize schedules, and help the surgical teams get care moving again.

#### Before Sound engagement

- **Six-month surgical backlog**  
  with patients and families likely feeling the strain  
- **Declining surgical access** as demand rose but coverage fell  
- **Closed operating rooms** because coverage couldn’t stretch across available rooms  
- **Tough labor market** making recruiting difficult

#### After Sound engagement

- **Optimized a team-based anesthesia model.** Our team helped set up a staffing model that paired anesthesiologists with CRNAs, so more rooms could be covered reliably, without compromising safety or quality.  
- **Hired and stabilized the team quickly.** Even in a tough hiring market, we helped bring clinicians on fast and keep schedules covered while the program rebuilt, so leaders could reopen rooms with confidence.  
- **Improved OR efficiency and case flow.** Once staffing was steadier, we worked with leaders to keep cases moving day to day, on time, turning rooms over faster between cases, and handling late-day cases without derailing the schedule.

> “The biggest win here was for the community—getting people the care they need, where they need it.”  
> _**David Leachman, MD**, CEO, Sound Anesthesia_

### Key results

### +14K

cases/year enabled by additional staffed rooms

### +37.5%

more staffed anesthetizing locations: 32 to 44

### +171

permanent and per diem anesthesiologists and CRNAs hired

### +132

full-time equivalent clinicians with sustained recruiting momentum

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