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Supply Standardization in Procedure Rooms

A lack of standardization for certain supplies within Mayo Clinic's Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (Cath Lab) and Heart Rhythm Services (HRS) divisions resulted in high supply cost variation among physicians. The Tauber team was tasked with establishing procedure-specific supply case cart formularies for the majority of procedures in Heart Rhythm and Cath Labs, minimizing cost while maintaining quality and meeting stakeholder requirements.

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Student Team:

Daniel Huang — EGL (BSE/MSE Industrial and Operations Engineering)

Sho Kawabe — Master of Business Administration

Giuliana Sanchez — Master of Business Administration



 

Project Sponsors:

Susan Eastman—Rochester Operations Manager, Interventional Division

Susan Graff— Rochester Operations Manager, Heart Rhythm Division

Russell Rein — Enterprise Administrator, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine



 

Faculty Advisors:

Amy Cohn — College of Engineering

Jim Price — Ross School of Business

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