Improving performances of the knee replacement surgery process by applying DMAIC principles.
Giovanni ImprotaGiovanni BalatoMaria RomanoAlfonso Maria PonsiglioneEliana RaiolaMario Alessandro RussoPatrizia CuccaroLiberatina Carmela SantilloMario CesarelliPublished in: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice (2017)
The DMAIC approach has proven to be a helpful strategy ensuring a significant decreasing of the LOS. Furthermore, through its implementation, a significant reduction of the average costs of hospital stay can be achieved. Such a versatile approach could be applied to improve a wide range of health care processes.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- minimally invasive
- total knee arthroplasty
- coronary artery bypass
- primary care
- knee osteoarthritis
- quality improvement
- surgical site infection
- adverse drug
- emergency department
- anterior cruciate ligament
- acute coronary syndrome
- acute care
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- coronary artery disease