Lean thinking for healthcare services: how far does information quality affect the emergency services?
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Paper/Presentation Title | Lean thinking for healthcare services: how far does information quality affect the emergency services? |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Al-Hakim, Latif |
Editors | Su, Ying and Al-Hakim, Latif |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cooperation and Promotion of Information Resources in Science and Technolog: Coordinative Innovation and Open Sharing (COINFO 2011) |
ERA Conference ID | 50649 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2011 |
Place of Publication | Irvine, CA, United States |
ISBN | 9781618960009 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://coinfo.istic.ac.cn/coinfo11/index_1.html |
Conference/Event | COINFO 2011: 6th International Conference on Cooperation and Promotion of Information Resources in Science and Technology: Coordinative Innovation and Open Sharing |
International Conference on Cooperation and Promotion of Information Resources in Science and Technology | |
Event Details | COINFO 2011: 6th International Conference on Cooperation and Promotion of Information Resources in Science and Technology: Coordinative Innovation and Open Sharing Event Date 12 to end of 14 Nov 2011 Event Location Hangzhou, China |
Event Details | International Conference on Cooperation and Promotion of Information Resources in Science and Technology COINFO |
Abstract | This aim of this paper is to reduce waste in emergency services. It defines waste as any event that causes delay, waiting, disruption or repeating operation, the research adapts lean thinking approach to suit the emergency services taking into consideration the quality of information flow. The paper discusses the differences between manufacturing and healthcare environment and considers the related dimensions of information quality. The paper employs observational methodology and presents results of observations conducted in emergency services of three Chinese hospitals. The study shows that up to 22% of the emergency time can be saved via reducing and eliminating of preventable waste, that is, through introducing information quality methodology within the healthcare system. |
Keywords | information quality; emergency services; lean thinking; observations |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420399. Health services and systems not elsewhere classified |
350715. Quality management | |
420306. Health care administration | |
Public Notes | Copyright and Reprint Permissions |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | School of Management and Marketing |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q104y/lean-thinking-for-healthcare-services-how-far-does-information-quality-affect-the-emergency-services
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