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Hospital officials look to manufacturing for operations management tips

23 December 2011
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Hospital officials look to manufacturing for operations management tipsThe manufacturing industry in Japan has been used as a source of inspiration for improving operations management by officials from Salem Hospital in Oregon.

That is according to Guidonps.com, citing the Salem Health website, which noted it is thought that despite the differences between the sectors, many of the measures used would be applicable to healthcare.

Commenting on this, chief operating officer at the hospital Cheryl Nester Wolfe said: "A patient is not a car, absolutely not. But the work that people do to make that product or that patient better is very similar."

As part of the process of continuous improvement people from both organisations worked together to formulate improvements for the benefit of the gas meter plant the healthcare staff visited.

This follows a recent report in the Guardian stating that a greater amount of research should be taking place in a primary care setting, as this is where most individual's contact with hospitals takes place.ADNFCR-3058-ID-801249163-ADNFCR
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