DALLAS, TX — (Marketwired) — 04/11/13 — In an era of health reform, tight budgets and overcrowded emergency departments (EDs), has signed an exclusive agreement with to bring Lean-based ED optimization solutions to hospitals, health systems and providers. T-System-s leading emergency medicine clinical, financial and operational solutions — combined with X32 Healthcare-s Lean-based analytics and services — will drive immediate value to ED operations management. By increasing patient throughput, providers achieve better patient satisfaction, revenue and ED capacity while decreasing the length of stay, risk and costs.
Lean is a collection of principles, methods and tools that improve the speed and efficiency of any process by eliminating waste and improving flow. Although Lean methodology originated in manufacturing operations, its practices have been used successfully in organizations across all sectors. A by the nonprofit Institute for Healthcare Improvement notes “when applied rigorously and throughout an entire organization, Lean principles can have a positive impact on productivity, cost, quality and timely delivery of services.”
X32 Healthcare-s experienced physician, nursing, and engineering professionals combine analytics with a systematic Lean approach to the healthcare management process — specifically ED operations — to improve patient throughput, care quality, efficiencies, patient satisfaction and enterprise-wide financial performance.
“We are truly excited to partner with an organization that can provide unique expertise to help our clients achieve tremendous improvement in ED operations,” said T-System Chief Executive Officer . “To thrive under value-based reimbursement and impending demographic trends requires an innovative approach to ED management. X32 can infuse our T-System team with a level of expertise unmatched by other vendors. They can not only consult our clients on best practices and process improvements, but also consult our delivery teams to ensure that our solutions are developed and delivered in way that optimizes ED performance.”
“T-System and X32 are well aligned with a common philosophy and approach to service delivery,” said X32 Healthcare founder Jody Crane, M.D., MBA, a practicing emergency physician. “Both organizations understand that technology by itself is not enough to help an organization achieve its goals. Analytics and best practices must be engaged to ensure they are utilized optimally. Both companies bring a level of ED expertise uncommon in today-s enterprise solution-driven world.”
Early in his career, Dr. Crane pursued a master-s degree in business in order to find solutions for the chronic problems of overcrowding, understaffing and patient dissatisfaction in emergency medicine. He later teamed with X32 co-founder, Chuck Noon, Ph.D., a faculty member from his MBA program. They shared a common vision of improved healthcare delivery systems founded on expert analysis, innovative best practices and proven change leadership. Today they teach and apply Lean concepts at hundreds of emergency departments throughout North America. T-System was similarly founded by two ED physicians frustrated by the lack of documentation and process tools available to accommodate the unstructured and often chaotic and life-threatening care setting of the emergency department.
To inaugurate the partnership, T-System and X32 will host their first jointly offered ED operations improvement course in Dallas, June 26-28. Attendees will participate in a two-and-a-half-day program where they will learn advanced Lean concepts for improving patient flow, and practice strategies for deploying these concepts in their EDs.
X32 Healthcare offers time-tested engineering, clinical and business concepts for healthcare systems that support patient-focused strategies while improving throughput, quality care and patient satisfaction. Services are focused on hospital-wide and emergency department operations, emergency department design and workflow based on the latest trends in medicine, practice management and education. Collectively, the experienced X32 professionals form an organization focused to enable clinicians and processes to work more efficiently and effectively.
T-System, Inc. advances the practice of emergency medicine with solutions proven to solve clinical, financial, operational and regulatory challenges for hospitals and urgent care clinics. Approximately 40 percent of the nation-s emergency departments leverage T-System solutions to provide an unmatched patient experience. Through gold-standard documentation, revenue cycle management, and performance-enhancing solutions, T-System optimizes care delivery from the front door through discharge and beyond. Today, more than 1,900 facilities rely on T-System solutions. For more information, visit . Follow on Twitter, or become a on Facebook.
CONTACT:
Corinne Tso
Vice President of Marketing
T-System, Inc.
469.791.5540
Angela Jenkins
Amendola Communications
for T-System, Inc.
720.859.6930
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