Good Samaritan Hospital Uses Lean in the Emergency Department
Company Profile:
As a large regional referral medical center, Good Samaritan Hospital (Kearney, Nebraska) knew that implementing a hospital-wide Lean initiative was imperative to furthering their vision of improving health, managing cost...
Jewish Hospital Streamlines Processes
Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare (JHSMH) is the largest health system in Louisville, Kentucky, with over 71 facilities and almost 100,000 emergency room visits annually. Jewish Hospital’s Clinical Laboratory wanted to improve the...
Nationally Ranked Hospital Streamlines OR Processes
Regular delays in operating room (OR) start times often cue the need to address non-value-added work flow activities and process variations. While these delays will certainly reduce operating room capacity, the greatest risk is the unpredictable systemic...
Nationally Ranked Pediatric Hospital Lab Challenges the Status Quo and Wins
Project: In hospital labs it is often difficult to balance speed, accuracy, and consistency across processes. Large, unpredictable fluctuations in specimen delivery/receipt tax even well-running, moderately profitable, systems. When streamlining...
New Pharmacy Procedures
In order to drive improvement, a nationally ranked hospital turned to TechSolve as a “Change Agent” to implement the applications of Lean principles and practices to healthcare (Lean Healthcare) within various departments throughout the hospital. As a...
Nationally Ranked Pediatric Hospital Poised to Meeting Growing Patient Demand
With patient volume increasing and a rising demand for faster results, hospital laboratories need to look for new ways to work “smarter.” Most often the internal teams will look for equipment and/or technology solutions – but that may be the wrong...
McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital
Company Profile: With proximity to Cincinnati and Dayton, McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital (MHMH) serves nearly 80,000 patients annually. MHMH was faced with rising costs, workforce shortages and the increased emphasis on patient safety and quality...
