Lean Consulting
Take a look around your facility. You'll see countless opportunities to better organize your work and improve patient service. However,which changes would be cosmetic, and which ones would make a meaningful difference? Lean is the proven way to find out.
Lean is a methodology for determining which changes will streamline your workflow, raise productivity and eliminate waste. Successfully adapted from manufacturing to healthcare by Johnson & Johnson, Lean uses a systematic approach, together with analytical tools, to identify causes of inefficiency. It points the way to specific changes that let you work more quickly and productively with a smaller staff. For example:
- The Nutritional Services department at a Florida hospital reassigned unneeded staff members to realize an annual savings of $341,607.
- A medical center in Canton, Ohio achieved $288,000 in annual savings and reduced lab turnaround time by 58%.
- A Miami hospital saved $2,280,262 a year after increasing FTE productivity by as much as 150% and reducing the cycle time for commonly performed tests by nearly 80%.
- The laboratory at Alegent Health in Omaha, NE was able to handle the same work volume with a 25% reduction in full-time positions.
- The laboratory at Iowa Health System in Des Moines used Lean to generate $250,000 in added revenue using four fewer FTEs. Read the case study.
In each case, staffing levels were gradually adjusted through attrition and reorganization.
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