As world leaders grapple with how to efficiently and safely deliver Covid-19 vaccines to 8 billion people, the task of building vaccine-administration pods will fall to thousands of local hospitals, clinics, and community centers. There will be no “one size fits all” solution to this challenge; core design elements, based on basic principles of continuous improvement (or lean management), offer a roadmap.
How to Set Up an Efficient Covid-19 Vaccination Site
A look at the lean management strategies adopted by New York’s Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital.
March 12, 2021
A volunteer disinfects a seat in the post vaccine observation area as Covid-19 vaccines are administered at the NHS Nightingale North East hospital on January 26, 2021 in Sunderland, England.
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Summary.
Mount Morningside Hospital in New York City employed lean management techniques to design and operate its Covid-19 vaccination center. This description of its approach could be used by others that are creating vaccination operations.