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UBT Solves Overtime Dilemma
This inpatient nursing team decreased overtime costs by improving change-of-shift communication.
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Why This Matters
- Reducing overtime costs keeps Kaiser Permanente affordable for our members and leads to workflow efficiencies that enhance patient care.
Test of Change
- Standardizing change-of-shift communication
Costco and Goldilocks Inspire Savings
This outpatient pharmacy team saved more than $1 million in five months by increasing bulk purchasing and ordering just the right amount—no more, no less—of high-cost medications for members.
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Why This Matters
- By ordering the right amount of drugs, the pharmacy saved money and helped keep KP affordable for our members.
Test of Change
- Working with pharmacists to better manage the ordering of specialty drugs
Provide Care With Secondary Tubing
By using secondary tubing , which can be just as safe as primary tubing for many IV uses, this team saved a bunch of money.
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Why This Matters
- When not medically necessary, primary tubing is wasteful.
Test of Change
- Switching from primary tubing to secondary tubing, whenever appropriate