Can Speed Save Lives?
According to the story in the Valentine's day edition of the Rocky Mountain
News, Swedish Medical Center has "quadrupled the treatment success rate"
for stoke patients. That's a 400% improvement.
How? Speed! "People used to lay in the hospital for days without getting
any help. Now, they get help in minutes," says Capt. Ted Hockenberry of
West Metro Fire Rescue.
1. Paramedics evaluate a patient for symptoms of a stroke on the way to the
hospital.
2. They alert the hospital which clears their CAT scans and other services
for arrival of the patient.
3. Patients go directly from the ambulance to the CAT scan for evaluation.
"Time is brain," says Dr. Donald Frei. Patients treated with clot busting
drugs within three hours of the onset of a stroke recover most rapidly.
Lesson: Eliminate delay and integrate the elements of the process, from
paramedics to rehabilitation, and you can save lives.
You don't have to be in a life-saving job to eliminate the delay and
integrate the elements of your mission-critical business processes. Just
use the essential tools of Lean Simplified to simplify, streamline and
accelerate your business to maximize results and profits. Haven't you
waited long enough to start getting your business hooked on speed?
Jay Arthur, the KnowWare Man, works with companies that want to plug the
leaks in their cash flow. Jay is the only consultant who specializes in
transactional Six Sigma for IT and Financial applications: ordering,
billing, purchasing, and payments. He is the author of Six Sigma Simplified.
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