CEO SUMMARY: After hospital labs and pathology groups implement Lean and process improvement methods to harvest the easiest cost savings and boost quality, they often take the next step of introducing real-time analytics systems. Access to detailed data about workflows, productivity, and turnaround times then drives continuous improvement projects. At St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical […]
Near Real-time Data Helps Lab Save $500K Annually
586-bed Phoenix hospital lab uses analytics to optimize phlebotomy and boost productivity
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XXV No. 8 - May 29, 2018 Issue
- Tags: Anatomic pathology, clinical lab, Clinical Laboratory, clinical labs, continuous improvement, dark report, executive war college, hematology, lab managers, lab operations, lab quality, lab quality confab, lab services, lab staff, lab tat, lab testing, lab tests, laboratory information, laboratory information systems, molecular testing, pathology groups, process improvement, process improvement methods, quality assurance, the clinical laboratory, the dark report, the laboratory
