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Better, Affordable Care
Cut an average of a day off the length of patient stays.
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Why This Matters
- Patients get to go home sooner.
Test of Change
- Track and standardize patient mobility protocols
Simple, Surprising Savings
Team saves thousands simply by reducing supply waste.
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Why This Matters
- Keeping costs down helps keep Kaiser Permanente affordable for members and patients.
Test of Change
- Mobilizing all UBT members to use stickers to indicate which supplies they use—and which they could live without
Go Green
Eco-projects are saving an estimated $12,000 a year at one medical center.
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Why This Matters
- Green projects protect the environment, save money and help workers build career skills.
Test of Change
- Enroll the entire EVS department in a green skills certification class
An Rx for Efficiency
Overtime use dropped by 75 percent, with an initial cost savings of $180,000.
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Why This Matters
- Patients need to get their medication quickly and easily. The Central Refill Pharmacy found a way to make that happen more efficiently.
Test of Change
- Expand the night shift to prevent big backlogs
Coming In From the Cold
Packages get where they need to go quickly –instead of piling up outside in the snow
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Why This Matters
- Supplies and other deliveries are kept safe and secure, delivered quickly and efficiently
Test of Change
- Conduct a motion analysis of sorting and delivering packages