Lean methodology can improve the ambulatory care patient experience by making sure that they move through the facility as effortlessly as possible, according to an article on the Health Facility Management website.
Beyond patient satisfaction, Lean design can use the capital investment in these facilities efficiently.
“Time is money,” Lora Schwartz, principal consultant for real estate services and investment firm CBRE Group Inc., Los Angeles, said the the article.
When a caregiver can see 10 patients per day in a room instead of eight, due to better workflow, patient access per building footprint improves, the article said.
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