OBJECTIVE
To assess the change over time of the performance indicators of the medical organization in terms of resource-saving principles when improving the visualization system based on the ALIDS method.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
The object of the experimental study was the process of medical care in five medical organizations, characterized by spatial and time limitations and the possibility of quantitative measurement. The procedure for formalizing the qualimetric parameters of the visualization system was based on the ALIDS method. In each medical organization, the process of providing medical care to 20 patients by appointment has been studied. The total time of the process, the time of action, the time of movement, the waiting time, the time of value creation, the total time of losses of the first kind, and the total time of losses of the second kind were calculated.
RESULTS
The improvement of imaging systems based on the ALIDS method has led to an increase in the efficiency of the medical organization in terms of resource-saving principles by reducing the time of movement of patients (p<0.001), increasing the overall and conditional efficiency coefficient of the medical care process (p<0.001), reducing losses of the first kind in patients (p<0.01), reducing the time of searching for information on the elements of imaging systems at the points of route branching (p<0.001), as well as increasing the overall level of patient’s satisfaction with the conditions of medical care (p<0.001) and the overall healthcare professionals’ level of satisfaction with working conditions (p<0.05).
CONCLUSION
Based on the study results, it can be concluded that rational architectural and organizational, content, information, design, and structural and technological solutions in the creation of individual elements of the visualization system can statistically significantly increase the efficiency of the main processes of a medical organization, and the visualization system itself is a key tool for eliminating losses considered in lean management. Managers of medical organizations are recommended to improve imaging systems by conducting a qualimetric assessment of their compliance with resource-saving principles.
