{"id":119679,"date":"2019-07-11T17:14:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T17:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancillarycarestrategies.com\/?p=119679"},"modified":"2022-06-27T21:22:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T21:22:45","slug":"alternative-approaches-to-challenges-with-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancillarycarestrategies.com\/2019\/07\/11\/alternative-approaches-to-challenges-with-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative Approaches To Healthcare Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22.3″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]The 2P (Production Preparation) layout process requires that various stakeholders and departments are brought together with their builders, physicians, and staff.\u00a0 This group follows a systematic approach that brings preparation data (confirmation of given volumes, products, type of processes, conception, targets, vision, and reconfirmation) to determine needs, goals, wants and metrics and create an initial design of the facility.\u00a0 The process works by bringing a diverse team (cross-organizational, architectural, development, etc) together for workshops of varying lengths of time.\u00a0 Included in this process is an understanding voice of the patient, the wants and needs of the clinicians and staff, and other factors to help prioritize the design requirements.\u00a0 Basic knowledge of lean principles<\/a> will make the team members that much more effective, as we hope to enlist lean<\/a> principles of flow, 5S, Just-in-Time, and pull into the overall design ideas.\u00a0 The people in the workshop actually go through several structured exercises to create multiple design options and then use their criteria to determine the one they feel fits their priorities or to go back to the drawing board.\u00a0 By including all the key stakeholders in the process up front and by engaging all stakeholders at the table \u2013everyone has ownership of the decisions, understands why they were made, and has the opportunity to have their voice heard.\u00a0 The wastefulness (time, resources) of trying to make all these decisions through meetings, emails, and phone calls is eliminated.\u00a0 Furthermore, with all the stakeholders at the table, defects and the resulting rework can be reduced or eliminated because issues are discussed during the design phase rather than after the start of construction. \u00a0\u00a0All team members are incentivized to find ways to contain costs and maximize value.<\/p>\n

Utilization of lean concepts in building design employs the concepts of\u00a0 \u201cSet-based Design\u201d, adapted from Toyota<\/a>\u2019s Production System.\u00a0 This process begins by broadly considering sets of possible design solutions and gradually narrowing the set of possibilities to converge on a final solution. A wide net from the start makes finding the best solutions more likely.\u00a0 By delaying design decisions until the last responsible moment, design re-work can be minimized, learning from design alternatives can be documented for use in future designs, and the highest project value can be realized.<\/p>\n

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