Improving Throughput in Interventional Radiology: A Team Collaboration

The project purpose was to reduce patient throughput to 15:00 minutes or less once the patient arrived in interventional radiology (IR). Ishikawa (fishbone) diagram and Plan-Do-Study-Act test of change scientific methodology were used. Baseline data, specifically the time the patient arrived to the holding area to the time the patient was ready to begin the procedure was collected. Focus groups, through brainstorming, provided fishbone...