Theory of Constraints in Health Care
Theory of Constraints in Health Care
Applying Theory of Constraints to Health Care: fast, major improvements in Emergency & Accident performance (and more)
Please note: data is available to support all claims made below.
When the UK government set a 4-hour standard for Accident & Emergency treatment (as I understand it, in 4 hours you must be back home, in a hospital bed, or dead ... I think I can see some undesirable side effects to this standard, I must be stating it incorrectly) the performance in many hospitals was dismal.
When the first implementation of Theory of Constraints was only 90 days old, in Milton Keynes, the results were already spectacular; and soon more than 90% of all incoming cases were treated within the time guidelines. This subsequently increased ... even as volumes of incoming increased with the 'flu season and the closing of a nearby hospital's department.
Applying Theory of Constraints to Health Care: fast, major improvements in Emergency & Accident performance (and more)
Please note: data is available to support all claims made below.
When the UK government set a 4-hour standard for Accident & Emergency treatment (as I understand it, in 4 hours you must be back home, in a hospital bed, or dead ... I think I can see some undesirable side effects to this standard, I must be stating it incorrectly) the performance in many hospitals was dismal.
When the first implementation of Theory of Constraints was only 90 days old, in Milton Keynes, the results were already spectacular; and soon more than 90% of all incoming cases were treated within the time guidelines. This subsequently increased ... even as volumes of incoming increased with the 'flu season and the closing of a nearby hospital's department.
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