Table 2 Key Interventions
From: Lean thinking to improve emergency department throughput at AORN Cardarelli hospital
Type | Description | Time |
|---|---|---|
5S Tecnique | Re-organization of the Nurses station | February 2016 |
Visual | Identification of the staff | November 2015 |
Vertical and horizontal information plaques for shared spaces | December 2015 | |
Define the card for the patient waiting for first examination | March 2016 | |
Definition of the care path manager panel | March 2016 | |
Team leader becomes care path manager - goal setting | January 2016 | |
Triage | Project presentation meeting | December 2015 |
Flow | Definition of the medical tutor role | December 2015 |
Strategic management of medical shifts | January 2016 | |
Definition of a minimum number of medical examinations per shift for each location + periodic calculation | January 2016 | |
Sharing with staff and periodic reports | January 2016 | |
Support | Define who needs the stretcher at the entrance, and limiting its use and replacing it when possible with a wheelchair | December 2015 |
Computerization | Create a web application that notifies the arrival of reports in real time | December 2015 |