Waste management. Smart CIOs are borrowing techniques from other industries to remove waste and save costs.
Hospitals are adopting process-improvement methodologies to identify and remove inefficiencies. Process improvement is aimed at reducing variation and complexity, and can be as involved as deploying a workflow system or as simple as more carefully scrutinizing contracts. Although hospitals can realize cost savings, the driver for process improvement is often focused on improving quality of care and making the patient experience more positive.
Kate Huvane
KH
Gamble
D017046:Cost Savings; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D018581:Technology Transfer; D014481:United States; D018505:Waste Management / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards