Date on Master's Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation
12-2009
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
M. Eng.
Department
Industrial Engineering
Committee Chair
Depuy, Gail W.
Subject
Hospitals--Emergency services--Quality control; Time management surveys
Abstract
Kosair Children’s Hospital Emergency Department in Louisville, KY has been reporting low patient satisfaction, which could result in a decrease in revenue and patients for the hospital. Patient throughput times in Kosair’s emergency room have a significant effect on patient satisfaction. This thesis will evaluate the emergency room at Kosair Children’s Hospital through a time study. The time study analyzes value added time and non-value added time in the emergency room. The majority of the patient throughput time is non-value added time and needs to be minimized. Solutions to minimize the nonvalue added time and future studies to continuously improve the emergency room have been reported to administrators at Kosair Children’s Hospital for future implementation.
Recommended Citation
Gentry, Elizabeth, "Analysis of patient throughput time at Kosair Children's Hospital emergency room." (2009). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 484.
https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/484
