Hospital CEOs manage staff time, inventory to cut costs
Author: Jones, Del
This USA Today article highlights some of the opportunities and successes that hospitals are having using Lean methods such as kanban, just-in-time, and other Lean practices.
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. has recognized a one-time savings of $5 million from implementing a "just-in-time" materials delivery system. By rationalizing the types of gloves that physicians and staff use, they are also saving $4 million a year in supply costs.
St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital used Lean to help reduce the number of walking steps for emergency department nurses by 78%.
Delnor Hospital in Illinois was able to use Lean redesign to eliminate the need for a planned $80 million expansion.
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