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If you look at Google’s front page for “what is a workflow,” the first result is literally the dictionary definition.“The sequence of industrial, administrative, or other processes through which a piece of work passes from initiation to completion.” Then you have Kissflow’s definition, which isn’t any clearer. “A sequence of tasks that processes data through a specific path from initiation to completion.” And then there’s, well, this page. And how do we define a workflow? A workflow is how you get work done.Now we’re getting somewhere.
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3. When you really think about it,
even “complex” processes just
boil down to this.
4.
5.
6. "Workflow analysis" is really just about fully recognizing
and documenting all of the task steps (“stuff”) you and your
fellow staff must take to complete your work (and to see
how well it actually “flows”). Between the "begin" and "end"
points, there are really only two types of process steps:
[1] straight input/output tasks (typically depicted by a square
or rectangle), and
[2] decision point tasks (the "diamond" box) where the output
path is the result of having made some decision from
a set of alternatives.
7. Individual process tasks are sequential, one after the other,
often with "hand-offs" between people. Unless you work alone,
work tasks typically run in parallel, i.e., different staffers
performing different tasks at the same time (and where
hand-off misalignments result in “bottlenecks”).
We are really just interested in a small number of basic things
related to process tasks:
The total number of steps/tasks in a process;
People and tools involved in each step;
Time to completion for each step
(min/average/max if possible, to capture variability);
Number and type(s) of errors encountered in each step.
8. We first seek to understand and depict our "current state"
processes. Only after doing so can we begin to understand
where things might systematically be changed for the better
(e.g., fewer steps, faster task completion, fewer errors) using
The “PDSA” cycle in order to verify that we are in fact making
things better.
Making
“stuff”
Better.
9.
10.
11. A quick real world example from a clinic staffer phone interview
(Depiction in a flowchart graphic on the next page.)
12.
13. It doesn’t have to be fancy to get going. Sticky notes on a whiteboard will do.
14. Another real world example: Rx refill process
Before EHR: Rx refill request process.
15 steps between begin/end, 11 steps
in the shortest path to completion.
Note also that 13 of these task steps
are physical tasks.
Courtesy CHCF.org and S.A. Kushinka
15. After EHR: Rx refill request process.
Now only 5 steps between begin/end,
only 3 steps in the shortest path
to completion.
Fewer steps means quicker task
completion in general, and fewer
opportunities for error.
Think about it; unless every step in a
process works perfectly every time,
each additional step increases the
likelihood of a mistake.
Note also that while some of the tasks
are still “physical,” they are less so,
involving the use of the computer
rather than moving paper around
the clinic.
One caution: moving from a paper chart
process to an EHR can result in
“information flow misalignment” if we’re
not careful to analyze our processes and
reorganize tasks where warranted.
Courtesy CHCF.org and S.A. Kushinka
18. Basic workflow diagram symbols
While there are dozens of “formal”
workflow mapping symbols,
we advise that you
Keep It Simple.
Also, pay attention to task
completion times and types and
rates of errors. The standard
workflow diagram is really a
“process logic map,” which,
while important, doesn’t capture
time and error information, but
those too are critical for
true process improvement.
19. A few thoughts about “Lean” methods for workflow re-design
Advocates of “lean” process re-design classify tasks as
1. Value adding,
2. Non-value adding but necessary, and
3. Unnecessary (i.e., “waste”)
We want to maximize time spent on #1, minimize time spent
on #2, and eliminate tasks in category #3.
In the context of your clinic, “point of view” must be considered.
For example, only the provider “adds value” in terms of being
the only person who whom services can be billed. All other
tasks are either necessary support or waste.
From the point of view of the patient, that which eases or cures
her medical problem is the source of “value.” Time spent
waiting or filling out the same forms repeatedly is waste.
20. Some useful links:
www.healthinsight.org/Internal/REC_Resources.html
www.lean.org
www.asq.org/health
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workflow
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_services
This material was prepared by Bobby Gladd for HealthInsight in the course of his work with the
Regional Extension Center for Nevada and Utah, under grant #90RC0033/01 from the
Office of the National Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services. 9SOW-UT-2010-00-112
Editor's Notes
Developed and presented by Bobby Gladd, Senior Meaningful Use Project Coordinator, HealthInsight, Las Vegas
Drawing on the late Steve Jobs’ “stuff” slide. The atomistic logic of workflow.
Workflows can get ostensibly “complex,” “nested” contingently to the “nth degree,” but it’s really no more complicated than this in terms of logic flow.
Patient visit, door-to-door. 20+ times per day, day after day.
Think race “relay lanes” and “hand-offs.” In the outpatient setting, it’s more than just an analogy, it’s an endless race against the clock.
KISS principle. Keep It Simple.
Times to completion and error tracking are typically overlooked.
Really just rapid cycle, but experimentally sound improvement method.
Fancy [Fishbone” 1
Fancy “Fishbone” 2
I wrote my responses right into Excel as I was interviewing. Had I a Dragon install, I could have simply talked them in.
Talk to the visual constraints of trying to get it all on one page, in a way that’s easy to follow. Again, this just depicts the logic, not the time consumption and error loci.
The beauty of this brainstorming method is in the ease of revisions as you talk your way through the process.. Then just take out your iPhone, snap a pic, and launch your graphics app (e.g. ,Visio, SmartDraw, OmniGraffle, etc) to put on the lipstick.
Turns out this was a “DOQ-IT” presentation, and, consequently, was public domain after all.
Reduction is opportunities for error.
What we really need to do is to display process steps in proportion to the time they consume (perhaps along with color-coding error risk loci). Think Mac “Garageband” display, with time on the x axis.
Improve this step by perhaps taking the data in using Dragon.
KISS principle
Most organizations can get along just fine without a “Six Sigma” QI Priesthood. KISS.