The Shouldice Hospital has been very successful during the past years and has grown to become the “world’s leading centre of excellence for hernia repair”. Based on research‚ • Shouldice has expanded their room capacity to 89 beds with 5 specialized operating rooms and a staff of about 150 people (nurses‚ doctors‚ administrative) that collaborate together to provide a higher quality health care service to the patient. • The innovative method used for sedating a patient with a sleeping pill
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Operations Management Shouldice Hospital January‚ 2013 Table of Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................3 Scope .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Analysis ......................................................................................................................
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Shouldice Hospital Limited 1. How well is the hospital currently utilizing its beds? Shouldice Hospital is currently utilizing its beds quite well. Under the Shouldice method‚ they are operating with 90 beds‚ admitting 30 patients per day‚ and not accepting any new patients on Saturdays. Each patient admitted generally stays in the hospital for 3 days and is discharged on the fourth morning. By examining Exhibit 4.7‚ it is apparent that the hospital’s capacity utilization is roughly 71.43%
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT MODULE 2 CASE ASSIGNMENT First and foremost‚ I would acquaint myself with Diane’s flowchart and learn the process that’s already in place. I would take a few days or weeks to study her inputs and the process flow. After I get a clear and concise understanding‚ then I would suggest improvements if any. The process in place right now is very well maintained‚ however different Labor and Delivery (L&D) floors on which facilities for operations and normal delivery
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Group #8 Assignment #1: Shouldice Hospital case 1. How does the hospital’s operations strategy support its business strategy? 2. How well is the hospital currently utilizing its beds? 3. Evaluate the effects of the following two alternatives on the utilization of the bed capacity. a) a. Adding operations on Saturday (assuming that 30 operations would still be performed each day). b) b. Increasing the number of beds by 50 percent (assuming that the hospital would increase the
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SHOULDICE HOSPITAL LIMITED The problem under analysis is how to best increase the hospital’s capacity to serve more patients while at the same time maintaining control over quality of service delivered as well as sustaining existing high levels of employee and patient (customer) satisfaction. SWOT analysis Strengths  Unique and defined Surgical procedure (could not be varied)  Facility that encourages movement  Up to date equipment  Less time taken (time
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Director Alan O’Dell Dr.Byrnes Shouldice Open Saturday Key Players Schedule change/Work weekend 2 worry it will create a divide Cons Moral 4/10 Doctors oppose Dr.Degani (60) Control concerns On call schedule Staff are worried dilute bonus pool? Dr. Degani Toronto Location USA less regulation 10% - Out of Province/USA 60% - Outer Toronto area 30% - assume Toronto Increase costs charged Cons Shouldice Hospital Options to Expand Capacity New Hospital Build to satisfy demand Find
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decided to compose a process based on how are calls are triaged to the support desk. In which I have discovered in creating this process there are many steps that need to be taken to make sure the calls are sent to the proper support desk. At this present time‚ I work in the Information Technology field at Rex Hospital as a Clinician Support Specialist on the Ambulatory Service Desk. Also‚ creating a flow chart to properly triage our calls would assist me and my team on a process to follow‚ so that
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on the above criteria‚ the following options can be generated. I. The hospital can continue with the current scale of operations i.e. Maintaining Status Quo II. The hospital can plan to scale up the level of operations. This can be done in 3 different ways A. Start operating on Saturdays which increases the capacity by 20% B. Expand the hospital building by adding one more floor C. Open new hospital in the USA‚ and thereby expanding operations to new geographical locations
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FLOW CHART A flowchart is a type of diagram that represents an algorithm or process‚ showing the steps as boxes of various kinds‚ and their order by connecting them with arrows. This diagrammatic representation illustrates a solution to a given problem. Process operations are represented in these boxes‚ and arrows; rather‚ they are implied by the sequencing of operations. Flowcharts are used in analyzing‚ designing‚ documenting or managing a process or program in various fields. Symbol | Name
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