Reimagined materials management
Freeing up nursing capacity and saving €670,000.
Aarhus University Hospital
Aarhus, Denmark
The hospital wanted to function more efficiently to treat more patients. Starting with the Neurosurgery Department, the goals were to professionalize core activities; reduce waste to free up nurse resources; bring in new competencies around operational optimization and planning; ensure the well-being and engagement of employees; and leverage international benchmarking, collaboration and knowledge exchange with other university hospitals. Optimizing managed services generated the following impact:
Materials Management:
- Freed up nursing capacity
- Enhanced access to procedures for patients
- Marked change and improvement according to hospital leadership
Planning and Scheduling:
- Calmer work environment for nurses (who are seeing more patients than before)
- Smoother experience for coordinators due to clearer definitions and roles
77%
decrease in elective neurosurgical cancellations
€675,000
in savings
€525,000
waste reduction to date (still counting)
Medtronic has brought insight and tools, allowing us to use and allocate resources to match capacity and demand much more beneficially.
– Dr. Gorm von Oettingen Chief Physician at AUH
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