From: Exploring improvements in patient logistics in Dutch hospitals with a survey
Tools | Total N | Always used | Regularly used | Sometimes used | Rarely used | Never used |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Use of flow charts | 38 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Standardized care pathways | 36 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
Elimination of waste | 37 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
Distinction between flow charts and value stream | 34 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 8 |
Line balancing | 35 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
Bottleneck has been identified | 36 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 |
Cause-and-effect relations | 38 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
Process time variability | 35 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
Bottleneck has been quantitatively determined | 34 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Decide after quantifying effects | 36 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 2 |
Reduce care demand variability | 35 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Reduce variability in capacity | 35 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
Focus on patient group or service | 34 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
Specific resources for focus groups | 35 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Variability pooling | 32 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 9 |
Identifying best-practices together | 35 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 |
Use of control charts | 30 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 |
Simulation | 32 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 |
Comparison of processes | 34 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 |
Comparison of outcomes and inputs | 33 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 |
Other operations research techniques than simulations | 32 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
Use of 5 S | 33 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 13 |
Critical path analysis | 32 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
Drum-buffer rope principals | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
DEA analysis | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 20 |