The ED team adopted a Lean management approach to improving ED processes. One of the changes made was to shorten the triage process from a long series of questions to a 15-second triage, after which patients go directly to the treatment room.
The improvements began in August and have already decreased the average wait time from ED entrance to a room from 15 minutes to six minutes, and the average time from door to seeing a physician from 27 minutes to 19 minutes, according to the report.
The ED team will continue to use Lean to improve efficiency in the ED, the report stated.
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