Decreasing Laboratory Turnaround Time and Patient Wait Time by Implementing Process Improvement Methodologies in an Outpatient Oncology Infusion Unit | Zendy

Lauren N. Gjolaj | Zendy; Gloria A. Gari | Zendy; Angela I. Olier-Pino | Zendy; Juan García | Zendy; Gustavo Leal Fernández | Zendy

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Decreasing Laboratory Turnaround Time and Patient Wait Time by Implementing Process Improvement Methodologies in an Outpatient Oncology Infusion Unit

Author(s) -

Lauren N. Gjolaj,

Gloria A. Gari,

Angela I. Olier-Pino,

Juan García,

Gustavo Leal Fernández

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of oncology practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.555

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 1935-469X

pISSN - 1554-7477

DOI - 10.1200/jop.2014.001499

Subject(s) - turnaround time , medicine , phlebotomy , workflow , unit (ring theory) , medical emergency , emergency medicine , medical physics , operations management , database , computer science , economics , mathematics education , mathematics

Prolonged patient wait times in the outpatient oncology infusion unit indicated a need to streamline phlebotomy processes by using existing resources to decrease laboratory turnaround time and improve patient wait time.

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