Publication Date
5-5-2017
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
First Advisor
Damodaran, Purushothaman
Degree Name
B.S. (Bachelor of Science)
Legacy Department
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Abstract
The Physician Treatment Center at Central DuPage Hospital was born out of the Emergency Department. It was conceived as an idea of how to keep patients from being admitted to the hospital through and emergency visit for non-emergency situations. It is a unique hospital department, and it offers a variety of services. The PTC offers medication infusions, blood transfusions, wound care, and avast number of procedures. The project team partnered with Northwestern Medicine’s Performance Improvement Office at Central DuPage Hospital to tackle this project. The project team utilized Six Sigma’s DMAIC methodology to approach this project. DMAIC is broken down into five phases: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control. The structured problem-solving approach gives guidance to the project and how to proceed (iSixSigma, 2017).
Recommended Citation
Nonnemacher, Grant; Bergmann, Shekinah; and Sheehan, Natalie A., "Decreasing Check-In to Discharge Time in the PTC" (2017). Honors Capstones. 376.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/studentengagement-honorscapstones/376
Extent
23 pages
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Rights Statement 2
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Media Type
Text
