Process Improvement Advice & Best Practices
NEW Video on Implementing Constraints Management with Lean Six Sigma at Anadolu Medical Center
In this latest video from NOVACES, the first twelve months of deploying a Continuous Performance Improvement program, called “SüPer,” at Anadolu Medical Center in Turkey are discussed. With 201 beds, the hospital has begun implementing Lean Six Sigma with Constraints Management in an integrated manner. You’ll see examples of how improvement project selection incorporated Theory of Constraint’s Thinking Processes. And it addresses policy constraints in the outpatient appointment process, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) repair and maintenance, patient preparation for the Operating Room (OR), and inpatient medication orders. Also revealed are important results of a pilot study on dynamic replenishment for medical supplies.
View it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tukK3ypy6h8
Authors: Bahadir Inozu, Vickie Kamataris NOVACES, LLC and Prof. Dr. Metin Cakmakci, Medical Services Director and Executive Board Member, Anadolu Medical Center
