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| Changes to the Pyxis supply system helped ensure that supplies were available when needed. |
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| At Meadows Regional Medical Center, signs outside rooms provide visual indicators of patient status. |
The Healthcare Performance Group has assisted organizations
with the following projects:
- Shortened
the lead time and reduced errors in blood testing;
- Increased
utilization of operating rooms through more efficient turnaround;
- Improved
processes to take advantage of electronic information systems;
- Developed
a time-saving system for cleaning and storing intravenous pumps;
- Reduced
errors and lead time in collecting and processing tissue samples;
- Increased
room capacity by reducing down-time between patients;
- Boosted
laboratory capacity and reduced errors through improved processes;
- Increased
physician productivity through standardized work processes, and
- Streamlined
pre-registration processes to reduce time required.
The Healthcare Performance Group is assisting or has
assisted the following organizations:
-
Athens
Regional
Medical
Center
in
Athens
-
Banks-Jackson-Commerce
Hospital in Commerce
- Children’s
Healthcare of Atlanta
-
Emory
University
Hospital in
Atlanta
- The
Emory Clinic in
Atlanta
-
Hutcheson
Medical
Center in
Fort
Oglethorpe
-
Meadows
Regional
Medical
Center in Vidalia
-
Monroe
County
Hospital
in Forsyth
-
Morgan
Memorial
Hospital in
Madison
-
Peach
Regional
Medical
Center
in
Fort
Valley
-
Piedmont
Buckhead
Hospital in
Atlanta
-
Piedmont
Fayetteville
Hospital in
Fayetteville
-
Piedmont
Mountainside
Hospital
in Jasper
-
Piedmont
Newnan
Hospital
in Newnan
- Piedmont
Physicians’ Group in
Fayetteville
-
Upson
Regional
Medical
Center in Thomaston
-
West
Georgia
Medical
Center in LaGrange