Wait times for transporters

Cut Turnaround Times for Patient Transport

Keeping gurneys and equipment where they are needed, and having staff speak with patients during transport
Cleaning and making the gurneys with sheets and blankets before they are needed
Designating a staff member to ensure equipment is placed where needed

What can your team do to make the best use of your "down time"?

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A Quicker and Safer Trip, Door to Door

Coordinating transport times with other departments, and ensuring labs and meds are ready
Ordering new, wider and more accessible chairs to make it easier to move patients
Creating a new and dedicated transporter position to faciliate trips

What can your team do to work effectively with other teams? What else could your team do to better understand patients' needs?

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PPT: Transforming Transport

Submitted by Shawn Masten on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 15:14

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Capitol Hill Medical Center

May/June 2013 Bulletin Board Packet

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Frontline Workers

UBT Consultants & UPRs

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Postcards to Posters

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This PowerPoint slide from the May/June 2013 Bulletin Board Packet features a Mid-Atlantic States Team that reduced patient transport times.

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PPT: Transforming Transport

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1 Slide

Intended audience:
LMP employees, UBT consultants, improvement advisers

Best used:
This PowerPoint slide features a Mid-Atlantic States team that reduced patient transport times. Use in presentations to show some of the methods used and the measurable results being achieved by unit-based teams across Kaiser Permanente.

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PPT: UBT improves inpatient transport

Submitted by Shawn Masten on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 12:59

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One-page slide showing how San Jose team uses centralized dispatch to improve inpatient transport.

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Tyra Ferlatte

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PowerPoint slide

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Frontline teams, managers, sponsors, physicians

Best used:
This one-page slide showing how an inpatient transport team in San Jose, CA reduced tranport times through a centralized dispatch system. Include in meetings or presentations as an example of UBT performance improvement in Northern California.

You might also be interested in the snapshot about this team.

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