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September 5, 2025International Journal of Community Medicine and Public HealthOpen Access

Reducing discharge delays: using DMAIC approach in a tertiary care hospital

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JSJ.S. SharmaYBYashwant Singh BishtRSRavinder Singh Saini

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Cross-sectional analysis reveals DMAIC significantly reduces discharge delays and enhances patient satisfaction.

Key Points

  • Post-intervention discharge times decreased significantly, improving hospital efficiency and patient satisfaction.
  • Data showed pre-intervention delays of 235.29 minutes for discharge summaries, reduced to 72.55 minutes after DMAIC application.
  • The average total discharge time fell from 329.16 minutes to 208.11 minutes with the implemented interventions.
  • Continuous monitoring is vital to maintain and further improve discharge processes in the healthcare setting.

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Sharma et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23966b210217d6477ba7ehttps://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20252848
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