Table 3 Performance Measurements (before and after Lean interventions)
From: Lean thinking to improve emergency department throughput at AORN Cardarelli hospital
Before lean | After lean | |
|---|---|---|
Performance Measurements | Percentage (%) | Percentage (%) |
Patients with a yellow code examined within 30 min | 53,6 | 56,9 |
Patients with a green code examined within 1 h | 52,6 | 54,3 |
Patients with a green code sent to hospitalization with a stay time ≤ 4 h | 94,8 | 96,8 |
Patients sent to hospitalization with a stay time ≤ 8 h | 99,8 | 99,8 |
Performance Measurements | Average ± std. (min) | Average ± std. (min) |
Lead Time for red code | 72 ± 36 | 71 ± 30 |
Lead Time for yellow code | 151 ± 100 | 147 ± 67 |
Lead Time for green code | 164 ± 116 | 163 ± 120 |
Lead Time for white code | 160 ± 173 | 158 ± 156 |