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  • Title: Improving timeliness and efficiency in the referral process for safety net providers: application of the Lean Six Sigma methodology.
    Author: Deckard GJ, Borkowski N, Diaz D, Sanchez C, Boisette SA.
    Journal: J Ambul Care Manage; 2010; 33(2):124-30. PubMed ID: 20228635.
    Abstract:
    Designated primary care clinics largely serve low-income and uninsured patients who present a disproportionate number of chronic illnesses and face great difficulty in obtaining the medical care they need, particularly the access to specialty physicians. With limited capacity for providing specialty care, these primary care clinics generally refer patients to safety net hospitals' specialty ambulatory care clinics. A large public safety net health system successfully improved the effectiveness and efficiency of the specialty clinic referral process through application of Lean Six Sigma, an advanced process-improvement methodology and set of tools driven by statistics and engineering concepts.
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