Using Lean principles to fix one hospital’s tube system

By Carly Baxter If you think about it, hospitals’ pneumatic tube systems are pretty cool. Speedily transporting drugs or specimens through hidden pipes, getting them to their intended destinations quicker than any human can. Awesome. But at Belleville General Hospital (one of four hospitals that comprise Quinte Health Care in south/central Ontario), the tube system … Continue reading Using Lean principles to fix one hospital’s tube system