title: Florida hospital saves 5.3 M dollars by adopting principles of lean manufacturing.
abstract: Florida hospital saves 5.3M dollars by adopting principles of lean manufacturing. Surgery cancellations have been slashed from 13% of cases to less than 3%, while emergency department admissions have increased by 20%. Those are just two of the results of a quality improvement project at Lee Memorial Health System in Fort Myers, FL, that focused on using the principles of lean manufacturing to improve patient flow in the five-hospital system
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005431:Florida; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration