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- Catholic Health System Home Care (McAuley Seton)
"Improvement of Home Care Services"
Project through
The Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) as a joint project of TCIE and GEM.
The project is to improve the efficiency of nurses’
visits. Issues studied: OASIS and case mix index, Assessor’s model vs.
Primary nursing model, pay for performance.
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| 2004 |
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- Buffalo Mercy Hospital
"Discharge Processes"
This project examines the process flow and resource requirements of patient discharges at the
impatient quarters. Also a bed board system is designed.
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- Buffalo Hospital Supplies
"Efficiency Improvement of Warehouse Operations"
Project through
The Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) as a joint project of TCIE and GEM.
This study improves the efficiency of shipping
operations of medical supplies.
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| 2003 |
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- Buffalo Mercy Hospital
"Profit and Loss Analysis and Evaluation of Clinical Pathway for Selected DRG’s"
Financial performance and
efficiency study of selected DRG’s and ICD-9’s.
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- Buffalo Mercy Hospital
"Operating Suite Design and Financial Performance Study"
Expansion of OR suites and financial analysis of
various in-patient and out-patient surgical procedures.
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| 2002 |
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- Buffalo Mercy Hospital
"Simulation Study for OR Efficiency Improvement at the Mercy Hospital"
Study of OR performance
and medical staff utilization by simulation and design of
experiments.
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| 2001 |
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- Erie County Medical Center
"Surgical Services Operations Study"
Improvement of
Operating Room efficiency, Just-in-Time (JIT) medical operational
logistics and layout design of the ambulatory surgery recovery
center.
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