Operational Excellence

Speakers: Terry Miller and Lynne Ingle While there are currently about 100 hospitals in the United States with hybrid capability, that number is expected to increase by 15 percent each year for the next decade. This session examines the development of the hybrid OR concept, supporting technology…
An article was published in the March 2011 issue of Health Facilities Management magazine, which explored 10 forces changing health care design. In this session, the authors of that article present a current perspective on those driving forces. The opening statement of the article provocatively…
Speakers: Kenneth Kaiser and Shrimant Jaruhar With the goal of achieving BIM-enabled facility management (FM), Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC) established the infrastructure, tools, and procedures for successful handover of a robust building information model (BIM) at project…
Speaker: Robert Ray Temperature variation in patient rooms can negatively affect staff efficiency, costs, and customer experience. This presentation shows how the Six Sigma DMAIC model (define, measure, analyze, improve, and control) can effectively reduce temperature variations in patient rooms…