POC CHWO HW Solutions PDF
POC CHWO HW Solutions PDF
Questions
for
Paediatric
Orthopaedic
Clinic
at
Children’s
Hospital
of
Western
Ontario
1. Who
is
the
main
character
in
this
case?
What
dilemma/problem
is
she
facing?
The
main
character
in
the
case
is
Dr.
Kellie
Leitch,
the
Chief
of
Paediatric
Orthopaedic
Surgery
at
the
Paediatric
Orthopaedic
Clinic
at
the
Children’s
Hospital
of
Western
Ontario.
She
was
concerned
about
the
long
wait
times
that
patients
(the
children)
and
their
parents,
who
accompanied
them,
were
experiencing
at
the
clinic.
Parents
were
irritated
at
missing
a
lot
of
time
away
from
work.
Children,
who
were
already
nervous
about
waiting
to
see
a
doctor
became
even
more
restless
from
having
to
wait.
Patients
were
waiting
an
average
of
two
hours
in
the
clinic.
There
was
an
urgent
need
to
reduce
patient
waiting
times
in
the
clinic.
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2. Name
the
service
tasks
a
patient
goes
through
at
the
clinic,
in
the
order
that
a
patient
er as
experienced
them.
Are
the
steps
and/or
the
order
the
same
for
new
patients
as
they
are
co
for
follow-‐up
patients?
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o.
Each
patient
went
to
the
front
desk
where
he/she
registered
for
the
appointment.
This
was
where
a
rs e
clerk
compared
the
patient’s
arrival
time
to
a
master
schedule,
checked
the
patient’s
insurance
ou urc
coverage,
and
took
any
referral
documents
the
patient
might
have
brought
(e.g.,
from
a
primary
care
physician).
The
patient
then
waited
in
the
waiting
area
while
a
nurse
verified
the
patient’s
medical
file
and
any
medical
documents
the
patient
brought
along.
o
All
new
patients
walked
to
the
Radiology
department
to
be
X-‐rayed,
submitted
their
internal
referral
aC s
form
at
the
front
desk,
and
then
waited
in
the
reception
area
until
an
X-‐ray
machine
was
available.
vi y re
Eighty
five
percent
of
returning
patients
were
X-‐rayed
while
the
other
15%
were
examined
after
submitting
their
internal
referral
form
at
the
front
desk.
These
15%
of
patients
waited
until
they
were
called
to
the
examination
room.
Those
patients
being
X-‐rayed
were
X-‐rayed
and
then
returned
ed d
to
the
reception
area
in
the
Radiology
department
to
wait
until
he/she
got
the
X-‐ray
image
on
film.
The
patient
then
returned
to
the
waiting
area
in
the
Paediatric
Orthopaedric
Clinic.
There
they
ar stu
handed
their
X-‐ray
film
over
to
a
nurse
at
the
front
desk.
After
waiting
in
the
waiting
room
at
the
Paediatric
Orthopaedric
Clinic,
patients,
both
new
and
sh is
returning
were
examined
in
the
examination
room.
The
surgeon
examined
new
patients
and
30%
of
returning
patients
with
more
complex
problems.
The
other
70%
of
returning
patients
were
Th
examined
by
a
senior
resident.
If
a
patient
needed
to
have
a
cast
removed
or
altered,
the
cast
technician
came
to
the
patient’s
examination
room
to
do
the
adjustment.
After
the
exam
was
over,
the
patient
was
discharged.
Not
all
tasks
are
the
same
for
new
and
returning
patients.
For
example,
15%
of
returning
patients
were
not
X-‐rayed
while
all
new
patients
were.
Most
returning
patients
(all
but
those
with
complex
problems)
were
examined
by
a
senior
resident
while
all
new
patients
were
examined
by
a
surgeon.
The
point
of
describing
the
process
and
tasks
a
patient
goes
through
at
the
Paediatric
Orthopaedric
Clinic
is
to
see
all
the
various
places
in
the
patient’s
experience
where
he/she
has
to
wait.
There
are
a
lot
of
them!
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3. Remembering
that
activity
utilization
is
calculated
as
time
required
/
time
available,
calculate
the
activity
utilization
for
the
following:
(Show
the
exact
mathematical
steps
you
went
through
to
calculate
each
activity
utilization.)
a. Registration
by
the
clerks
at
the
front
desk
Time
available
=
(3
clerks)(180
min./clerk)
=
108
patients
per
session
(See
Exhibit
5
for
data)
5
min./patient
Time
required
is
for
80
patients
per
session
A.U.
=
80
patients
=
74%
108
patients
m
er as
co
b. Verification
of
documents
by
the
nurses
at
the
front
desk
eH w
o.
Total
time
available
for
3
nurses
=
765
minutes
per
session
with
each
nurse
working
255
minutes
rs e
(8:30
a.m.
–
12:45
p.m.).
ou urc
All
patients
needed
to
go
through
document
verification.
The
time
required
for
document
verification
=
9
minutes
for
a
new
patient
and
4
minutes
for
a
follow-‐up
patient.
Eighty
patients
o
per
day
were
seen
during
the
time
the
nurses
were
at
the
front
desk.
The
case
states
that
60%
of
the
patients
seen
at
the
Clinic
were
follow-‐up
patients
therefore
the
remaining
40%
were
aC s
new
patients.
So
nurses
spent
a
total
of
480
minutes
on
verifying
patient
documents:
vi y re
(9
min/patient)(80
patients)(.4)
+
(4
min/patient)(80
patients)(.6)
=
480
minutes
ed d
Since
nurses
also
collected
X-‐rays
at
the
front
desk,
the
utilization
of
their
time
could
include
the
Th
collection
of
X-‐rays
to
be
more
accurate.
All
new
patients
get
X-‐rayed.
All
follow-‐up
patients
require
document
verification
but
only
85%
of
follow-‐ups
require
an
X-‐ray,
therefore
nurses
need
to
collect
X-‐rays
(2
min/
patient)
for
only
this
85%.
So
nurses
actually
spend
a
total
of
274
minutes
on
follow-‐up
patients.
[(4
min/patient)(80
patients)(.6)
+
(2
min/patient)(80
patients)(.6)(.85)]
The
total
time
required
is
calculated
as:
(9
min./pat.
+
2
min/pat.)(80
pats.)(.4)
+
(4
min/pat.)(80
pats.)(.6)
+
(2
min/pat.)(80
pats.)(.6)(.85)
A.U.
=
(352
minutes
+
274
minutes)
=
82%
765
minutes
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c. Operation
of
X-‐ray
machines
for
imaging
in
the
radiology
department.
Three
tasks
are
performed
in
Radiology:
imaging
with
an
X-‐ray
machine
by
a
technician,
X-‐ray
film
development
(an
automated
activity),
and
X-‐ray
review
and
interpretation
by
a
radiologist.
Task
1:
Imaging
with
the
X-‐ray
machines
Six
technicians
operated
the
X-‐ray
machines
to
take
pictures.
Only
2/3
of
the
Radiology
department’s
time
is
devoted
to
the
Paediatric
Orthopaedric
Clinic
so:
Total
time
available
for
the
P.
O.
Clinic
=
(2/3)(6
technicians)(240
minutes)
=
960
minutes
On
average,
it
takes
11
minutes
per
patient
to
take
an
X-‐ray
image,
including
adjustments
for
different
types
of
X-‐rays.
Eighty
five
percent
of
follow-‐up
patients
get
X-‐rays.
So:
m
er as
Total
time
required
=
[32
new
patients
+
(.85)(48)
follow-‐ups]
X
11
min/patient
=
801
minutes
co
eH w
A.U.
=
801
minutes
=
83%
o.
960
minutes
rs e
ou urc
d. X-‐ray
development
in
the
radiology
department.
o
vi y re
The
case
states:
“The
development
of
the
film
was
an
automated
process,
and
the
X-‐ray
equipment
could
simultaneously
take
new
images
and
develop
previous
images.”
So
the
time
available
for
X-‐ray
film
development
is
960
minutes
since
the
same
equipment
develops
the
same
images
that
it’s
already
taken.
X-‐ray
development
requires
7
minutes
per
patient
ed d
Total
time
required
=
[32
new
patients
+
(.85)(48)
follow-‐ups]
X
7
min/patient
=
510
minutes
sh is
e. X-‐ray
diagnostics
(review
&
interpretation/explanation)
in
the
radiology
department.
Task
3:
X-‐ray
review
and
interpretation
by
a
radiologist
Three
radiologists
reviewed
and
interpreted
the
films,
and
made
comments
in
a
Radiology
report.
As
with
imaging
and
X-‐ray
development,
only
2/3
of
the
Radiology
department’s
time
was
devoted
to
the
Paediatric
Orthopaedric
Clinic.
It
took
5
minutes
for
each
radiologist
to
interpret
an
image.
Eighty
five
percent
of
follow-‐up
patients
were
X-‐rayed.
So:
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Total
time
available
for
the
P.O.
Clinic
=
(2/3)(3
radiologists)(240
minutes)
=
480
minutes
Total
time
required
=
[32
new
patients
+
(.85)(48)
follow-‐ups]
X
5
min/patient
=
364
minutes
A.U.
=
364
minutes
=
76%
480
minutes
f. Medical
Examination
of
both
new
and
follow-‐up
patients
by
the
surgeon:
Total
time
available
=
255
minutes
(4
½
hours,
[between
8:30
a.m.
–
12:45
p.m.]
X
60
min/hour)
Total
time
required
=
(7
min/patient)(32
patients)
+
(4
min/patient)(48
patients)(.3)
=
224
minutes
+
58
minutes
=
282
patients
m
er as
A.U.
=
282
minutes
=
1.11
=
111%
255
minutes
co
eH w
An
activity
utilization
greater
than
100%
means
that
the
surgeon
is
unable
to
examine
all
patients.
o.
rs e
ou urc
g. Cast
application/removal
by
the
cast
technician.
Total
time
available
=
255
minutes
(4
½
hours,
[between
8:30
a.m.
–
12:45
p.m.]
X
60
min/hour)
o
aC s
Only
25%
of
new
patients
and
15%
of
follow-‐up
patients
needed
to
have
a
cast
applied
or
vi y re
removed.
Total
time
required
=
(.25)(32
patients)(17
min/patient)
+
(.15)(48
patients)(13
min/patient)
=
136
+
94
=
230
minutes
ed d
ar stu
Th
4. Where
is
the
bottleneck
of
the
process?
Why
did
you
choose
this
operation?
What
would
you
expect
to
see
at
this
station?
The
bottleneck
is
the
“examination
by
the
surgeon”
task.
The
bottleneck
of
a
process
is
the
task
in
the
process
with
the
longest
value-‐adding
time.
The
bottleneck
can
be
recognized
by
the
resource
with
the
highest
capacity
utilization.
In
this
case,
that
resource
is
the
surgeon.
The
surgeon
has
an
A.U.
of
111%,
which
is
greater
than
100%.
This
means
that
not
all
patients
who
are
supposed
to
see
the
surgeon
in
a
day
are
actually
being
examined
by
him/her.
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5. What
is
the
throughput
time
for
a
new
patient
to
go
through
all
steps
of
the
process?
What
is
the
throughput
time
for
a
follow-‐up
patient
to
go
through
all
steps
of
the
process?
The
throughput
time
is
the
sum
of
all
wait
times
+
all
value-‐adding
task
times.
Steps
New
Patients
Follow-‐up
Patients
Registration
at
front
desk
30
25
X-‐rayed
in
Radiology
dep’t.
58
58
Hand-‐off
of
X-‐ray
to
Clinic
3
3
Medical
exam
in
examination
room
38
33
Throughput
time
for
new
patients
=
30
+
58
+
3
+
38
=
129
minutes
m
er as
The
throughput
time
for
follow-‐up
patients
needs
to
be
adjusted
because
only
85%
of
follow-‐up
co
patients
go
through
Radiology.
(Fifteen
percent
don’t
and
they
go
through
a
much
shorter
process.)
eH w
Throughput
time
for
follow-‐up
patients
=
(25
+
58+
3
+
33)(.85)
+
(25
+
3
+
33)(.15)
o.
=
101
+
9
=
110
minutes
rs e
ou urc
o
aC s
vi y re
ed d
ar stu
sh is
Th
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