"Project Print" Initiated to Reduce Costs, Create Efficiencies


Senior leaders Brian Leutner, Ken Kozel, Patti Will, Bob Frank, Jo Anne Hahey and Susan Coe are shown with  printing and fax equipment that was recently de-commissioned from the administrative suites at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton.

Among a number of important initiatives now under way throughout UM Shore Regional Health is a systematic reduction in the number of printers in use. 
According to Tammy Curry, director, regulatory compliance and operational excellence, Shore Regional Health has the opportunity to eliminate waste without compromising productivity.
Print Project Phase 1 aims to eliminate up to 200 personal printers now in use by individual offices and staff at the three UM SRH hospitals and the Canvasback location. “These will be replaced by shared copiers and printers in common areas. ”
“The goal is to create efficiencies while ensuring that every team member has the right tools to get the job done,” Curry explains, adding that reducing the number of printers — and also fax machines and fax lines — will save UM Shore Regional Health considerable unnecessary expense in terms of maintenance and supplies. It also and supports Shore Regional Health’s commitment to patient safety, experience, and quality, by eliminating unwarranted waste that is not bringing value to the patient.
The first stop on the printer round-up was with UM SRH senior leaders and their offices in the administrative suites at UM Shore Medical Centers at Chestertown, Dorchester and Easton. Project team members achieved consolidation of printers and fax machines that put 16 printers, one fax machine and two fax lines out of use. “This is a very promising start to this initiative and I want to thank the team members who led this project, Tom Towers, Norman Washburn and Jon Moulton for their excellent work,” Curry said.
The next area of focus for this project will be UM Shore Medical Centers at Chestertown and Dorchester and the Canvasback Business Office during the week of August 21, followed by UM Shore Medical Center at Easton during the week of August 28.
The equipment round-up will be followed by a collection of supplies in stock, particularly toner. In the meantime, Curry and her colleagues are investigating various strategies for off-loading the equipment for maximum advantage to UM Shore Regional Health.