Dr. Deasley is a popular Doctor in Tampa, Florida specializing in primary care. He spends a great deal of time with each of his patients, typically, 45 minutes to one (1) hour. Dr. Deasley's patients and staff love him for his patience and attention. However, there are many other patients waiting in the waiting room who become impatient at the long wait time. Dr. Deasley's office hours are 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM Monday through Friday. He conducts patient call backs between patients, during his lunch hour and after office hours. We triage the calls so he gets back to more seriously sick patients first. However, sometimes he doesn't call back non-emergencies until the next AM. Dr. Deasley becomes overbooked because he likes to have 10 patients scheduled per day. However, he frequently needs to rebook patients he is unable to see due to time constraints. As a result, several long-term patients have been leaving his practice. This has resulted in a decrease in revenue for the office. In addition, his office is experiencing a rather high rate of staff turnover. Staff are responsible for booking patients and managing the workflow in the office. When backlogs occur and patients become annoyed about wait times, the staff usually experience the brunt of the patient dissatisfaction, which effects staff morale. Each time the office hires replacement staff, it takes a significant amount of time to train new employees and it is costly to advertise and recruit competent staff. Dr. Deasley is very concerned about both his patients and staff. His Office Manager, Ms. Smith, who recently was employed at Memorial Hospital of Tampa, participated in several Continuous Improvement Projects at the hospital. She is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. As a result, Ms. Smith has suggested a plan to the doctor to conduct a Lean Six Sigma project with the objective of Reducing Patient Wait Time and Improving Office Workflow. Ms. Smith explained the project improvements and objectives. Dr. Deasley has approved the project. As an initial step, the Office Manager has established her team. Each employee has a role in the project. Based on patient complaints and the doctor's requirements, they have some initial Voice of Customer (VOC). Patients would like to see the Doctor within 10 minutes of arriving and spend no more than 30 minutes in the office total for routine visits. The Doctor would like to see 15 patients per day. These changes need to be made within 3 months in order to minimize patient dissatisfaction, stop patients leaving the practice due to long wait times and rescheduling and improve employee morale and retention.

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