Reengineering the Cardiac Catheterization Lab Processes: A Lean Approach

This paper presents a cross-functional effort in a US community hospital for an overall process improvement in its Cardiac Catheterization Lab (CCL). One of the key system performance metrics identified was the patient turnaround time. The objective of this study was to identify the sources of delay...

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Main Authors: Venkatesh Raghavan, Vikram Venkatadri, Varun Kesavakumaran, Shengyong Wang, Mohammad Khasawneh, Krishnaswami Srihari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Healthcare Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/2040-2295.1.1.45