Title

Reducing Barriers In The Adult Ambulatory Surgery Setting By Implementing Lean Methods

Author

Leonid Gorelik, Yale UniversityFollow

Date of Award

January 2015

Document Type

Open Access Thesis

Degree Name

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Department

Yale University School of Nursing

First Advisor

Judith R. Kunisch

Abstract

Process impediments and patient flow interruptions in the preoperative setting affect patient care quality and increase organizational costs through inefficient use of operating room time. Lean methodology was successfully applied to improve efficiencies, patient privacy, and quality of care in a hospital-based high-volume adult ambulatory surgery unit. Process improvement strategies were identified and carried out during a rapid process improvement workshop (RPIW), and significant process changes were made to the preoperative work areas.

Comments

This is an Open Access Thesis.

Recommended Citation

Gorelik, Leonid, "Reducing Barriers In The Adult Ambulatory Surgery Setting By Implementing Lean Methods" (2015). Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses. 1034.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ysndt/1034