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Pioneers of lean in healthcare have shown huge gains in quality and profitability3,4. Our experience is that lean improvement projects have payback periods of less than 2 months and show return-on-investments of over 500%. Is your organization exploring opportunities for lean to improve your financial and competitive standing?
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Approximately 10,000 Baby Boomers retire everyday2 and are expected to place unprecedented demands on healthcare. Our experience is that the quickest and least expensive means to improve capacity is to lower throughput time and speed up turnover time. How is your organization planning to add additional capacity without significant increases in expense?
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Medicare is projected to deplete funds in 20181. Should Medicare cut reimbursements (and other insures follow suit) would you remain profitable? Our experience is that there is tremendous opportunity to improve efficiencies in healthcare. What initiatives are you taking now to prepare for cuts in reimbursement without sacrificing your quality-of-care for patients?
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Basic Patient Flow
Basic Patient Flow
Everyday examples of flow are seen in water streaming down a river, traffic zooming along a highway (don’t think rush hour – the opposite of flow), or blood pumping through your arteries. Simply stated flow is movement. In healthcare (HC), flow is the movement of patients through clinics, offices, centers, or hospitals – all of which benefit from maintaining a steady flow of patients. As indicated by full waiting rooms and long waits for appointments, flow is lacking in many aspects of HC. Read More5S for Healthcare
5S for Healthcare
5S is a program for organizing the workplace to help reduce time need to find equipment and supplies. “(5S) allowed us to get rid of the clutter in our storage areas and made it easier to get to the things we use the most,” commented one Nurse Manager following 5S. In addition to projecting a better first impression to patients, 5S makes it quicker and easier to find the equipment, supplies, and/or information when and where they are needed. Read MoreWaste in Healthcare
Waste in Healthcare
In manufacturing (MF) “waste” is defined as any activity that absorbs resources (time, money, and energy) but does not directly contribute to creating value for customers. In healthcare (HC) the customer is the patient and value is the ability to consistently provide safe and effective care in a timely fashion and at a reasonable price. Waste in HC then becomes anything that interferes with caring for patients – interruptions, delays, miscommunications, mistakes, and workarounds, to name a few. Read MoreLessons from Manufacturing
Lessons from Manufacturing
The premise is simple, look to a different industry to see what can be learned and adapted to solve problems within your own industry. The concept of learning from different industries is not new or unique. Toyota Motor Corp. studied supermarkets in the 1950’s to better design and control how supplies would be stocked on assembly lines. Supermarkets, in turn, learned from others how to best plan and manage lines to minimize customer waiting. Today HC is studying manufacturing (MF) industries in search of new ways to improve quality, lower cost, and increase satisfaction. Read More |  |  |
