Health Care: Basic Measurements

In healthcare, the doctor is the constraint. The patient is the consumer. Throughput is the rate of cash generation through delivery of high-quality and reliable service to the patient. The quality and reliability of the process directly influence the amount of time doctors spend managing the care of the patient. Throughput can increase by increasing the speed at which a doctor understands a patient’s expectations, diagnoses. The problem accurately, creates a treatment plan, similar to process, engineers, and execute the best treatment plan for the patient and the smallest amount of time required. Quality of service, in this discipline, is of increased importance because of the human factor involved. it is also of particular importance because we lose the doctors time. If the patient has to be readmitted. In healthcare, the priorities are to increase throughput, which should be greater than investment combined with operating expenses. If the patient care takes too long from start to finish to pay, operating expenses, go up. Staff turnover costs is viewed in terms of impact on total throughput. That is the effect on Dr. time in collection of fees. To be a good decision, the hiring of staff must result in an increase in throughput that is greater than an increase in operating expense, caused by the hiring of staff. this formulaic logic is the basis for determining whether or not a new service is a good decision.