Lean Health

The Astron Consulting leanhealth delivery model has been developed over the last number of years and comprises a number of elements:

  • Process analysis and re-engineering

  • Application of lean manufacturing and industrial engineering methodologies to health sector

  • Leveraging ICT to support eHealth

The Astron Consulting leanhealth model is the bringing together of the above elements into an implementation approach which will enable the health environment to implement technology support to:

 

  • improve patient care outcomes

  • improve patient experience

  • make effective use of resources

  • improve value for money

 

Astron Consulting has extensive experience within healthcare.  We have been providing strategic ICT advice to the CEO of the Health Service Executive and were involved in developing a new Information and Communications Technology strategy for healthcare and personal social services in Ireland.  We have delivered assignments to specify and deliver ICT solutions for the National Disease Surveillance system, the National Immunisation system, the National Food Safety laboratory system, and most recently we specified a common assessment process to meet the needs of A Fair Deal – The Nursing Home Care Support Scheme 2008. 

 

We have worked with the Mater Private Hospital over a number of years and we have worked on a number of projects with ICON Clinical, a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.

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