Productivity Improvement in Pathology Laboratories Using Motion and Time Study Techniques.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the standard time required for the performed job and to examine the standard job critically for productivity improvement in the pathology laboratory.

Material And Methods: In this study that was conducted at a tertiary teaching hospital, observation, fishbone diagram, and flow charts were used to collect the information about the job process. All employees were observed from September 2017 to June 2018.

Monitoring length of stay through control charts: a comparative study of diabetic patients.

: Monitoring length of stay (LOS) can help medical decision makers identify areas of potential improvements and improve resource management, which results in better quality of care for patients. This study aims to monitor process performance at hospitals by implementing a statistical process control (SPC) approach on LOS.: The study focuses on diabetic inpatients admitted to hospitals in two national healthcare systems.

Additional cost of hospital-acquired infection to the patient: a case study in Turkey.

Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) significantly increase both the patient's length of stay and the cost of disease. For this reason, HAIs are one of the most important problems that intensive study is devoted to in many countries around the world. The purpose of this study is to investigate how having a HAI prolongs the length of stay and adds unnecessary cost to the patient.