Thursday, April 14, 2005

Medical - herding cats

My next short range project is to revamp the supply carts in the shared utility closet. Over a year ago two clinic spaces were merged into a temporary space while the old wing was demolished and the new one constructed. We'll be moving into the new facility in a little less than a year.

When the clinic spaces were merged, the clean utility closets of each were also merged, with no top down plan or examination. I am now conducting that top down revamp.

The tricky part is that 15 different medical departments depend on those carts for the majority of their medical supplies. I'd like to maximize the efficiency for all of them, but it's not going to be easy to get participation from them all and it may prove even harder to respond to all of their requests.

One piece of good news is that the closet and the carts are in such bad shape now that any improvement will be appreciated.

This is also another way to gear up for our move next year.

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