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Cut Turnaround Times for Patient Transport

  • Keeping gurneys and equipment where they are needed, and having staff speak with patients during transport
  • Cleaning and making the gurneys with sheets and blankets before they are needed
  • Designating a staff member to ensure equipment is placed where needed

What can your team do to make the best use of your "down time"?

 

A Quicker and Safer Trip, Door to Door

  • Coordinating transport times with other departments, and ensuring labs and meds are ready
  • Ordering new, wider and more accessible chairs to make it easier to move patients
  • Creating a new and dedicated transporter position to faciliate trips

What can your team do to work effectively with other teams? What else could your team do to better understand patients' needs? 

 

Working Together for Timely Test Results

  • Coordinating with other departments, like emergency and transportation
  • Spreading out requests in regular 15-minute intervals
  • Meeting regularly to make adjustments

 What can your team do to work with other departments to improve patients' experiences? 

 

TOOLS

Format:
PDF

Size:
8.5” x 11”

Intended audience:
Frontline employees, managers and physicians

Best used:
This poster highlights a Mid-Atlantic States team that reduced patient transport times. Post on bulletin boards, in break rooms and other staff areas.

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TOOLS

Format:
PDF (color and black and white)

Size:
8.5” x 11”

Intended audience:
UBT members, co-leads and consultants

Best used:
Posted on bulletin boards, in break rooms and other staff areas, t
his poster highlights a transport team that improved turnaround times.

 

Related tools: