Regardless of where we practice medicine, it is up to us as individual physicians to ensure the highest quality of care that we can deliver to our patients. At each location, the demography and cultural composition of our patients have revealed different approaches to language barriers, self-understanding of disease, and even the perception of pain.
As a physician, I wrote a recent essay that describes the obstacles I believe most significantly impede the adoption of standards of healthcare delivery in these diverse settings.
I have obtained Six Sigma and LEAN certification and patient safety curricula, and published work on outcomes-based research studies and clinical trials on informatics tools in peer-reviewed journals.
Perioperative Workflow Optimization with Lean management system
Continuous Practice Improvement with Six Sigma DMAIC
Ergonomics of the operating room (OR) leave much to be desired. Even with the advent of new technologies and equipment, we are still doing our procedures in environments that were created decades ago, and with more clutter.
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☝️Thus, you'll never meet a surgeon or anesthesiologist who is completely happy with their room setup.
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☝️It is not feasible to rebuild every hospital OR suite. However, there is much we can to do to make our workspace cleaner and safer for ourselves and our patients.
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📞📧🤜Please contact me at Aalap.c.shah@gmail.com to discuss strategies to decrease patient errors and improve compliance with best practices at your #hospitalor #clinic .
Aalap Shah, MD, is a board certified anesthesiologist, specializing in general adult and pediatric anesthesiology.
