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The FDA estimates that the bar code rule will help prevent nearly 500,000 drug and blood transfusion errors and save $92 billion over the next two decades. About 40% of medication errors occur when a drug is given to a patient, compared with 11% that are dispensing mistakes, according to the American Society of Health System Pharmacists
-- USA Today - FDA requires scanners in hospitals (02.25.04)

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9/14/09 - HSS presented Risk Reduction in Healthcare at AHRQ Annual Conference in Washington DC

4/19/09 - INR Pro Web demos have been scheduled. Find a date that fits your schedule, and signup for free to reserve your spot!

9/15/08 - A 4-volume series of articles from AHRQ was recently released, titled Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches. HSS was directly involved in the analysis supporting the article titled Using Lean Six Sigma Tools to Compare INR Measurements from Different Laboratories within a Community

is now available! A web-based warfarin (Coumadin©) management database tracking system for anticoagulation clinics, labs and pharmacies
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Statistical Process Control Support

Anyone involved in the following healthcare patient management areas should be following industry best practices in using Statistical Process Control (SPC) to prevent excessive or incorrect dosage adjustments, or to properly monitor their patients management of the following conditions...

- Anticoagulation (INR readings)
- Organ transplant recipients (CNI readings)
- Diabetes (fasting blood sugar levels)
- Occupational Asthma (peak flow rates)
- Lung transplant w/emphysema (FVC/FEV1)
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts (ventilation time)
- Hypertension (blood pressure)
- Coronary Risk (cholesterol LCL-C levels)
- Any other process or metric needing control charting functionality for JCAHO/ISO/IWA compliance...

HSS can provide consulting and integration services for modifying your current system or database to make it compliant to these best practices in Statistical Process Control, using the most cost-effective software based on the size and complexity needs of your clinic or hospital. Download the Grant presentation to receive more details about our Anticoagulation study findings >>>

lean_or (37K)Here are some examples how Lean Sigma can be utilized in your clinic or facility...

- Operating Room Turnover Efficiency
- Reduction in Billing Errors and Payment Time
- Staff Shift Change Efficiency
- Reduction in Inventory for Medical Supplies
- Reduction in cancelled appointments
- Improved Laboratory Test Turn-around Times
- Decrease in total walking distance by ER nurses
- Reduction in patient wait times
- Emergency Room Capacity Improvement
- Decrease in total cycle time for Surgeons performing heart surgery
- Prevention of Medication Dosing Errors
- Improved efficiency in Call Center Operations
- Maximize Workstation Productivity and communication
- Improve hospital bed/room utilization
- Reduce variation in measurement equipment in labs
- Increased Space and equipment availability
- Decrease in Patient handoffs

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