Bloody bandages? Soiled linens?

Actually, it’s none of these.

There is another type of waste that threatens not only the health of patients, but the health of your practice and the healthcare industry itself.

The culprit? Inefficiency. Yes, the worst type of waste in healthcare is wasted time, energy and resources: Pointless paperwork, redundant processes, unnecessary tests, medication errors, and so on...

Sound familiar? Unfortunately, it probably does. Inefficiency is so pervasive in healthcare today that it accounts for half of every dollar spent.* This means you may be spending half of your time, energy and money on pointless activities that do nothing to improve the health of your patients. No wonder the typical healthcare worker reports being stressed and overworked**. It’s impossible to provide consistent, high-quality care when waste consumes half of your day.

Thankfully, there is a cure. No, I’m not talking about nationalized healthcare. The remedy I’m offering is available now, without any special legislation or sweeping reform out of Washington.

The answer? Workflow Diagnostics. After 12 years as a process improvement leader – the last 8 in healthcare – I founded Workflow Diagnostics to help companies like yours reduce waste and improve quality. Relying on such powerful, proven methodologies as Six Sigma, Lean and others, I can work with your team to:

• Document, design and implement new workflows, including EMR
• Improve patient flow / reduce wait times
• Eliminate non-value-added work
• Increase patient and staff satisfaction
• Improve room and equipment utilization
• Implement best practices
• Enhance clinical quality / reduce risk
• Reduce supply and resource costs

In essence, my goal is to help you “heal thyself.” You shouldn’t be at the mercy of Washington when the tools for improvement are right here at your disposal.

Give me a call today. Let’s put Workflow Diagnostics to work for your business.

Sincerely,

Mark

Mark H. Davis, Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
Founder and President, Workflow Diagnostics

*PricewaterhouseCoopers,The Price of Excess, April 2008, http://www.pwc.com/us/en/healthcare/publications/the-price-of-excess.jhtml
**American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers study, 2001, http://www.afscme.org/press/7105.cfm