This case study in collaboration shares how Cleveland Clinic helped an alliance partner hospital dramatically boost its on-time starts in the cath lab and slash its room turnover times over a 12-month period.
Operational Efficiency in the Cardiac Cath Lab: The Time for Metrics Is at Hand
Can standardized metrics of efficiency in the cath lab improve the value of cath lab care? A new review paper makes the case with examples and a proposed set of nine metrics.
STEMI Protocol Bridges Gender Gap in Care and Outcomes
A Cleveland Clinic protocol breaks new ground by equalizing mortality and adverse event rates among men and women treated for ST elevation myocardial infarction.
Process Improvement Initiatives Drive Dramatic Gains in Cath Lab Efficiency, Productivity
Systematic process changes in a large cath lab brought efficiencies that yielded 5 additional procedure hours per day. Cleveland Clinic staff explain how they did it — and how others can too.
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Cath Lab Leadership Summit Shares Strategies, Successes in Overcoming Obstacles to Efficiency
Leaders of the 18 cath labs participating in this summit found they shared the same challenges in efficiency. They learned how central coordinated cath lab leadership is to the solutions.
Physiologic Lesion Assessment for PCI Guidance: Its Time Has Come (Video)
Give him 90 seconds, and Dr. Stephen Ellis will explain how iFR has improved the prospects for physiologic assessment over what FFR has offered — and why it matters.
Nurses Help Normalize Start Times, Decrease Turn Times in Cath Lab
A multidisciplinary team in Cleveland Clinic’s cardiovascular cath lab has become much more efficient by examining workflow and implementing time-saving changes. An added bonus: Nurses are happier now, too.
Lessons in Improving Cath Lab Efficiency
New processes instituted at Cleveland Clinic have made cath labs more efficient, lowered overtime and associated costs and improved moral, without compromising patient care.