Time Value Analysis of Inpatient Endoscopy Workflow

Presenter Information

Sanaa Arastu, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Andrew Elden, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Raymond Janowski, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Aaron Martin, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Joseph Yoo, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Richard Denicola, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Amy Javia, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Melissa Vitolo, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Linda Yan, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Christopher Cao, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Scott Manski, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Christopher Schmoyer, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Brianna Shinn, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Mitchell Conn, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Start Date

5-28-2020 7:30 AM

End Date

5-28-2020 8:30 AM

Description

Aims for Improvement

• Our aim was to evaluate the variables involved in room turnover and identify any delays that lead to the time difference found between inpatient and outpatient rooms.
• We planned to design an intervention to improve efficiency in the endoscopy suite and complete more inpatient cases.
• We predicted that completion of more inpatient cases would subsequently decrease the need for cancellation and rescheduling of medically necessary cases on a daily basis.

Keywords

Endoscopy, QI, quality improvement

Comments

Presented at the 2020 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference