Reducing Barriers In The Adult Ambulatory Surgery Setting By Implementing Lean Methods

<p>Process impediments and patient flow interruptions in the preoperative setting affect patient care quality and increase organizational costs through inefficient use of operating room time. Lean methodology was successfully applied to improve efficiencies, patient privacy, and quality of care in a hospital-based high-volume adult ambulatory surgery unit. Process improvement strategies were identified and carried out during a rapid process improvement workshop (RPIW), and significant process changes were made to the preoperative work areas.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Yale University School of Nursing

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Gorelik, Leonid

Contributors dc:contributor

• Judith R. Kunisch

• LEAN, Patient Flow, Perioperative care, Rapid Process Improvement Workshop, Surgery

Repository record dc:identifier

https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ysndt/1034

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:elischolar.library.yale.edu:ysndt-1033