Method of healthcare delivery with value stream mapping
AssigneeVirginia Mason Medical Center
InventorRobert S. Mecklenburg
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Abstract
The invention relates to systems and methods for the delivery of healthcare. The inventive methods are based on the identification of and the partial or complete removal of waste from the value stream of healthcare delivery for a range of clinical services. Evidence-based medicine and/or cost accounting methodologies may be used in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention. The inventive methods bring together a number of parties (e.g., payor, provider and employer) to achieve improvement goals as well as optimization of healthcare delivery from all perspectives, as opposed to doing so at the expense of one or more parties.
Claims19
A method for delivery of a healthcare service, comprising:
- gathering data relating to the delivery of said healthcare service;
- manipulating said data to place it in a format suitable for a current state value stream map;
- creating said current state value stream map;
- identifying waste in said current state value stream map;
- creating a future state value stream map including at least one proposed change, by removing at least a portion of said waste;
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- implementing said healthcare service based on said future state value stream map.
A future state value stream map for the delivery of a healthcare service, produced by the process of:
- gathering data relating to the delivery of said healthcare service;
- manipulating said data to place it in a format suitable for a current state value stream map;
- creating said current state value stream map;
- identifying waste in said current state value stream map;
- and
- creating said future state value stream map including at least one proposed change, by removing at least a portion of said waste.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.