MBA students from Michigan Tech have assisted in optimizing the schedule for Portage Health’s Dialysis Center as published in the Daily Mining Gazette weekend edition.
“The change in hours will increase patient safety, patient satisfaction and efficiency,” said Karen Kelley, dialysis director.
The decision to add new software, Schedule Wise, was suggested by an MBA team including Karen Giddings, Emmett Golde, Heather Richards, and Birong Tao in the spring of 2010.
“The students did a learn project where they examined patient flow, eventually concluding that new software would help,” Kelley said.
For more information about the Portage Health Dialysis Center, visit portagehealth.org/dialysis.
This was originally published by the Daily Mining Gazette March 17/18 weekend edition.