Medwirenews, Aug. 1, 2008 This article that appears in the current issue of Anesthesiology journal about the parallel processing of patients undergoing joint arthroplasty that results in nonoperative time and allows completion of an extra case without the need for extended hours, quotes UTMB's Amr Abouleish.  "It seems that this concept of improving operating room throughput using parallel processing may not simply be the buzzword for the decade, but a new operating room management strategy that works."But he cautioned: "The hospital and the surgeons must be as committed to the process as the anesthesiology department. In addition, the hospital and surgeons must recognize that not all patients or surgeries are candidates for these initiatives."