Smash the Bottleneck: Fixing Patient Flow for Better Care (and a Better Bottom Line)
eBook - ePub

Smash the Bottleneck: Fixing Patient Flow for Better Care (and a Better Bottom Line)

  1. 174 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Smash the Bottleneck: Fixing Patient Flow for Better Care (and a Better Bottom Line)

About this book

Overcrowding is endemic in most US hospitals, and untangling patient flow is a top priority for today's healthcare leaders.  Smash the Bottleneck: Fixing Patient Flow for Better Care (and a Better Bottom Line) lays out a concrete methodology for getting to the root of patient-flow problems and addressing them—quickly. The book highlights a continuous improvement methodology known as the Theory of Constraints (TOC), which emphasizes identifying, optimizing, and breaking down bottlenecks to improve overall system performance. Introduced in Eliyahu M. Goldratt's seminal business book The Goal, this method and its concepts have since been adopted by Fortune 500 companies worldwide. Uniquely, the authors tie TOC to healthcare delivery from a practitioner's point of view. They provide numerous examples of common health system bottlenecks to illustrate how the methodology can be applied in readers' own organizations. The book also showcases precisely how TOC can help: decrease length of stay in inpatient units; coordinate resources and break down organizational silos; reduce overcrowding and increase throughput in emergency departments; and shorten wait times in primary and specialty care clinics, imaging centers, and surgery centers. Poor patient flow has grave implications for quality of care, patient satisfaction, provider well-being, and an organization's bottom line. Discover the practical knowledge and tools that you can use to break bottlenecks and enact meaningful, lasting change.

Information

Publisher
ACHE Learn
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781640551541
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology & Healthcare Industry

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise for Smash The Bottleneck
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Common Abbreviations
  10. Introduction
  11. Part I Smashing the Bottleneck: Moving Patients Through the Hospital
  12. Part II Moving Beyond the Bottleneck: Constraint Management in the Emergency Department and Inpatient Units
  13. Part III Outpatient Flow: Office Practices, Clinics, and Urgent Care Centers
  14. Epilogue
  15. Additional Reading
  16. Index
  17. About the Authors
  18. Back Cover

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