Alok Kumar
Mayo University Hospital, Ireland
Biography
Dr Alok completed his training in Paediatrics from RCPI, Ireland. He is currently working as a General Paediatric Consultant at Mayo University Hospital, Ireland. “Reducing waiting time in accident emergency- The Lean Way” was done while Dr Alok Kumar was undergoing his training in General Paediatrics at Mayo University Hospital, Castlebar (2009-2010). He has enrolled for Specialist Diploma in Quality Management- lean healthcare system as part of my on-going training in Paediatrics and he could see there was unnecessary delay for children in Emergency Department- overcrowding, delay in getting orthopaedic, surgical teams, waiting for laboratory tests etc. He applied the Lean methodology to eliminate waste and thus improve patient flow. Dr Alok have presented this topic as Poster presentation at EBHC (Taormina- 2013), International Quality and Safety meeting – BMJ, Paris and received a good response, and other different interesting facets were discussed for reducing waiting time in Accident and Emergency.
Abstract
Abstract : REDUCING WAITING TIME FOR CHILDREN IN ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY, THE LEAN WAY