Title |
Evaluation of the clinical process in a critical care information system using the Lean method: a case study
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Published in |
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, December 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6947-12-150 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Maryati Mohd Yusof, Soudabeh Khodambashi, Ariffin Marzuki Mokhtar |
Abstract |
There are numerous applications for Health Information Systems (HIS) that support specific tasks in the clinical workflow. The Lean method has been used increasingly to optimize clinical workflows, by removing waste and shortening the delivery cycle time. There are a limited number of studies on Lean applications related to HIS. Therefore, we applied the Lean method to evaluate the clinical processes related to HIS, in order to evaluate its efficiency in removing waste and optimizing the process flow. This paper presents the evaluation findings of these clinical processes, with regards to a critical care information system (CCIS), known as IntelliVue Clinical Information Portfolio (ICIP), and recommends solutions to the problems that were identified during the study. |
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