Quality and process improvement of the multidisciplinary Heart Team meeting using Lean Six Sigma

Autor: Stijn Schretlen, Paulien C Hoefsmit, Ronald J M M Does, Niels J Verouden, H Reinier Zandbergen

Publikováno v: BMJ Open Quality, Vol 12, Iss 1 (2023)

Introduction The Heart Team is a multidisciplinary meeting for shared decision-making in cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery. A quality improvement project to optimise the Heart Team was initiated after the merger of the cardiac centres of Amsterda

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The Search for an Outcome Variable That Measures Both Quality and Processes in Cardiac Surgery: Comparing the Quality Process Index and Mortality

Autor: Paulien C. Hoefsmit, Evert K. Jansen, Ronald J. M. M. Does, H. Reinier Zandbergen

Publikováno v: Healthcare (Switzerland), 11(10):1419. MDPI AG
Healthcare; Volume 11; Issue 10; Pages: 1419
Hoefsmit, P C, Jansen, E K, Does, R J M M & Zandbergen, H R 2023, ' The Search for an Outcome Variable That Measures Both Quality and Processes in Cardiac Surgery : Comparing the Quality Process Index and Mortality ', Healthcare (Switzerland), vol. 11, no. 10, 1419 . https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11101419

Background: The translation of a large quantity of data into valuable insights for daily clinical practice is underexplored. A considerable amount of information is overwhelming, making it difficult to distill and assess quality and processes at the

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Systematic Review of Interventions to Reduce Operating Time in Lung Cancer Surgery

Autor: Robert J. Cerfolio, Max Dahele, Paulien C Hoefsmit, Ralph de Vries, H. Reinier Zandbergen

Publikováno v: Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology, Vol 15 (2021)
Clinical Medicine Insights. Oncology
Hoefsmit, P C, Cerfolio, R J, de Vries, R, Dahele, M & Zandbergen, H R 2021, ' Systematic Review of Interventions to Reduce Operating Time in Lung Cancer Surgery ', Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology, vol. 15 . https://doi.org/10.1177/1179554920987105

Introduction: Operating rooms are a scarce resource but often used inefficiently. Operating room efficiency emerges as an important part of maximizing surgical capacity and productivity, minimizing delays, and optimizing lung cancer outcomes. The ope

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