Overview:
Tour University of Chicago Medicine's operating room/procedural areas to see Inventory management methods in action. Walk through the hospital's new RFID auto-ordering process and see data visualization tools developed to support supply chain operations. You'll experience three methods of order placement and inventory management:
- Kanban
- Barcode
- RFID
You'll also see how UChicago Medicine utilizes Tableau in supply chain operations and experience the hospital's formulary optimization. The tour will demonstrate best practices including continuous improvement, building sustainable processes, and how executive leadership continually demonstrates support for lean practices, continuous improvement
Company:
The University of Chicago Medicine, with a history dating to 1927, is a not-for-profit academic medical health system based on the campus of the University of Chicago in Hyde Park, and with hospitals, outpatient clinics and physician practices throughout Chicago and its suburbs. UChicago Medicine unites five organizations to fulfill its tripartite mission of medical education, research and patient care: Pritzker School of Medicine, Biological Sciences Division, Medical Center, Community Health and Hospital Division, and UChicago Medicine Physicians. uchicagomedicine.org
