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KMID : 0926620110160010077
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Korean Journal of Hospital Management
2011 Volume.16 No. 1 p.77 ~ p.100
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A Case Study on the Improvement of General Hospital Outpatients Waiting Time using TOC Methodology
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Park Chan-Seok
Koh Seok-Ha
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to the improvement of general hospital outpatients waiting time using Theory Of Constraints(TOC) methodology and to the development of a Reception Desk in general hospital. This study is to provide decision-making guidelines for hospital managers and to provide feedback for the efficiency of job process. The target people of the study are outpatients and Cashiers on Chungnam national university hospital in Daejeon. The methods of study are summarized as follows. First, The team managers from a Reception Desk group were appointed. This team managers have the adjustment authority to the Outpatients schedule of doctor and Cashier members. Second, The consolidation of the general Reception desk and special inspection the Reception Desk. A movement line and waiting time of patients were simple and fast to accept. As a result of study, it shows that the TOC is the method for a job process and waiting time improvement, patients’ satisfaction increase and we need an objective measurement indexes in the medical treatment industry.
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KEYWORD
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Hospital outpatients, Waiting time, TOC, Schedule, Job Process
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