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Support service process improvement: an application within a University Health Sciences Center

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  • Richard A. Reid
  • Gary C. Cseko

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Clients have been critical of the lengthy turnaround time for the internal review process of research applications at a University Health Sciences Center. Two well-known Continuous Improvement (CI) frameworks, namely, the Seven-Step Model and the Deming Plan-Do-Study-Act (P-D-S-A) cycle, were synthesised to create an integrated structure for guiding improvements in this support service process for evaluating the suitability of the research protocols designed to protect the rights of human subjects. A wide variety of Total Quality (TQ) tools were used by the CI team to help summarise and display the current performance data, create and present diagrams to document and describe the existing process, facilitate the analysis of current problems and their root cause, and develop solutions to improve the study process. The goal was to implement an action plan that would eliminate the root cause and several fail points that were embedded in the current process. Initial results from a preliminary implementation of several solutions indicated that the turnaround time for the approval review process was reduced by 27%.

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  • Richard A. Reid & Gary C. Cseko, 2006. "Support service process improvement: an application within a University Health Sciences Center," International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(4), pages 339-362.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpqma:v:1:y:2006:i:4:p:339-362
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    1. Matsui, Masayuki, 2009. "Enterprise modeling and integration: A stochastic management approach," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 122(1), pages 485-491, November.

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