Monday, November 14, 2011

Provider Capacity Demand Study

If you have a backlog of work in your team or you find that your team is constantly in catch up mode you will find that by measuring demand, capacity and backlog, you are likely to find opportunities to make things better.  Measuring demand, capacity, activity, and backlog enables capacity problems to be resolved at the appropriate point of the system. By clearly understanding these four measures and identifying the bottleneck and it's constraint you can manage and plan, increase throughput, and focus improvement. For more information on this quality improvement service please contact Courtnay Ryan at cr@coruralhealth.org