Sample Receipt Is a Turnaround Time Bottleneck

Improving theatre turnaround time

The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has determined that a £7 million saving can be achieved per trust by improving theatre efficiency. The aim of this quality improvement project was to improve orthopaedic theatre turnaround without compromising the patient safety. We process mapped all the stages from application of dressing to knife to skin on the next patient in order to identif...

Turnaround Time for Messages of Differing Priorities

Queuing theory and statistical methods are used in this paper to derive formulas for determining average turnaround time in teleprocessing systems that handle messages on a priority basis. This information is needed to ensure, for example, that messages are processed within acceptable time limits and that eficient use is macle of system resources. Factors considered in arriving at the formulas ...

From the Editors: Perspectives on turnaround time.

Medication Turnaround Time in the Inpatient Setting

Current Findings in the Literature: A potential benefit of health IT in inpatient settings is decreased medication turnaround time. Many advocate that electronic processes for medication ordering and pharmacy verification and dispensing are more efficient than paper­based systems because they may be: (1) instantly delivered to the pharmacy as opposed to manually written by the physician, delive...

Medication Turnaround Time in the Inpatient Setting

Current Findings in the Literature: A potential benefit of health IT in inpatient settings is decreased medication turnaround time. Many advocate that electronic processes for medication ordering and pharmacy verification and dispensing are more efficient than paper­based systems because they may be: (1) instantly delivered to the pharmacy as opposed to manually written by the physician, delive...