Application of Value Stream Mapping to Eliminate Waste in an Emergency Room

Preetinder Singh Gill

Application of Value Stream Mapping to Eliminate Waste in an Emergency Room

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Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a lean/quality management tool which assists in establishing the current state of a process while aiding to uncover opportunities for improvement vis-à-vis the seven sources of waste. This research effort involves a review of existing literature pertaining to application of the VSM tool in hospital emergency rooms/departments. The paper will present the potential benefits emanating from application of VSM along with assessing its effectiveness in scenarios where it has been implemented already. Furthermore, challenges faced in implementation of the VSM tools are collated. Various solutions to address these challenges have been presented in the light of tribulations faced by today’s healthcare industry.

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Preetinder Singh Gill. 1970. "Application of Value Stream Mapping to Eliminate Waste in an Emergency Room". Global Journal of Medical Research - I: Surgeries & Cardiovascular System GJMR-I Volume 12 (GJMR Volume 12 Issue I6).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/gjmr

Print ISSN 0975-5888

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GJMR-I Classification NLMC Code: WA 778

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Submission ReceivedJune 4, 2012
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Accepted June 26, 2012
Published July 6, 2012

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