The Problem:
If you’re a hospital professional, you know just how important time really is. To spend a maximized amount of time with patients and a highly minimized amount of time searching for supplies is paramount! So what types of things can a hospital do to improve efficiencies and eliminate wasted time?
According to a recent New York Times article titled, “Factory Efficiency Comes to the Hospital,” healthcare organizations are putting a huge emphasis on learning the practice made famous by Toyota, called kaizen, that have been put into effect successfully for some time, particularly by the automotive and aerospace industries. The idea is to reduce waste and create added value for customers through a series of continual smaller improvements. Through doing so, you build up a foundation that allows for better and higher quality patient care.
The Solution:
One of the solutions we offer here at Concert Architectural Interiors is a decentralized storage system that allows healthcare professionals to spend more time providing bedside care and less time hunting and gathering supplies. Consider the innovative CoreSTOR™ solution by Spacesaver Corporation and watch this video from FOX News:
CoreSTOR™ rethinks the hospital layout design by building in storage for better care. This reduces unnecessary steps and enhances the amount of time available for healthcare professionals to focus on patient care.
The CoreSTOR™ patient server is designed to put 80% of the most frequently used supplies for patient care 10 steps from the bedside.
“Time and motion studies have proven time and again that Point of Need Point of Care Storage Solutions for supplies, medical equipment, medicine and information are KEY for eliminating wasted time & energy by the clinical staff,” says Jason Freeman, Director of Healthcare at Spacesaver Corporation on the Storage Solved BLOG.
CoreSTOR In Use
CoreSTOR Not In Use
Thus, when you ask your average hospital nurse what their biggest gripe is, they’ll most likely not tell you it’s their pay or their hours, but the outrageous amounts of time they spend looking for supplies! The fact is, nurses spend too much time and effort hunting and gathering supplies due to their current centralized storage systems. The quality of care increases the more often nurses are freed to provide bedside care.
Here’s a free download if you would like to learn more about Point-Of-Need healthcare storage practices and CoreSTOR™ patient servers.
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