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Senthil Lingaratnam¹, Danielle Murray, Amber Carle

¹Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Lean manufacturing principles significantly reduced patient wait times and improved access to chemotherapy services. This service improvement project enhanced efficiency in the chemotherapy day unit and production facility.

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Healthcare Management
Process Improvement
Oncology Services

Background:

Chemotherapy Day Units (CDUs) face challenges in managing patient flow and access.
Service improvement projects are crucial for optimizing cancer care delivery.
Lean manufacturing principles offer a framework for enhancing healthcare efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

To implement lean manufacturing principles in a chemotherapy day unit and production facility.
To reduce patient wait times and improve equity of access to chemotherapy treatment.
To develop a performance data suite for ongoing service improvement.

Main Methods:

A multidisciplinary team applied lean principles over 10 months.
Process mapping, staff/patient tracking, surveys, and record audits were utilized.
Focus on waste identification, root cause analysis, and workload leveling.

Main Results:

Median wait time reduced by 38% (32 to 20 minutes).
Time to treatment commencement decreased by 7 days for chemoradiotherapy patients.
Wastage reduced by 22%, and production efficiency increased by 29%.

Conclusions:

Lean methodology effectively addressed complex system constraints in a CDU.
Significant improvements in patient access to treatment and reduced waiting times were achieved.
The project demonstrated the value of lean principles in optimizing chemotherapy services.