This month’s tool: Reducing Cancelled Operations

Cancellations cost time and money. If you can identify the causes, you may also be able to pinpoint problems in the patient pathway well before the operation. Eliminating cancellations reduces rework and increases the flow of patients through the referral to treatment pathway.

See the NHS Institute’s Reducing Cancelled Operations tool. See also their Reducing DNAs and Keep Things Moving tools.
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