Applying Lean Six Sigma to Reduce the Incidence of Unplanned Surgery Cancellation at a Large Comprehensive Tertiary Hospital in China.

Unplanned surgery cancellation (USC) was an important quality management issue in the course of medical care for surgical patients, which caused inappropriate use of hospital resources and had negative impacts on quality and safety. This study used Lean Six Sigma to reduce the incidence of USC. Foll...

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Publicado en:Inquiry (00469580) Vol. 57; pp. 1 - 10
Autores principales: Zhu, Ling-Feng, Qian, Wei-Yang, Zhou, Gang, Yang, Min, Lin, Jing-Jing, Jin, Jing-Ling, Dong, Shu-Jing, Zhu, Lin-Hong, Chen, Hai-Xiao
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Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 9/3/2020
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          Zhu, Ling-Feng
          Qian, Wei-Yang
          Zhou, Gang
          Yang, Min
          Lin, Jing-Jing
          Jin, Jing-Ling
          Dong, Shu-Jing
          Zhu, Lin-Hong
          Chen, Hai-Xiao
        affil: Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, China
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          Quality Improvement Methods
          Surgery Cancellations
          Tertiary Health Care Administration
          Appointments and Schedules
          Health Facility Administration
          Human
          China
          Operating Rooms Administration
          Organizational Efficiency
          Patient Admission
          Reports
          After Care
          Health Education
          Bed Occupancy
          Professional-Patient Relations
          Communication
          Anesthesia
          Information Systems
          Patient Safety
          Chi Square Test
          Descriptive Statistics
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      ab: Unplanned surgery cancellation (USC) was an important quality management issue in the course of medical care for surgical patients, which caused inappropriate use of hospital resources and had negative impacts on quality and safety. This study used Lean Six Sigma to reduce the incidence of USC. Following the Lean Six Sigma DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) process, the main factors influencing the USC were identified, such as the time of informing patient admission, the time of submitting operation notice, and the management of test report follow-up. A series of measures were implemented including improving the health education content of virtual bed patients, standardizing the way of communication between the Admission Management Center and the patients, improving the timing of anesthesia evaluation, optimizing the process of operation notice with an information system, and implementing the regulations of virtual bed management. The incidence of USC reduced from 10.21% in Jan. 2016 to 3.8% in Dec. 2016, and the Z -score increased from 1.25 to 1.68, which improved patient safety and demonstrated that Lean Six Sigma was an effective method to solve cross-department issues in hospital.
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