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Building the Patient-Centered Continuum of Care of the Future
Best practices health care organizations use to engage and support their workforce during capital projects and times of operational disruption.
Reduction of Surgical Site Infections Using Lean Ochsner Health Case Study
Podcasts
Nattie Leger, Director of Nursing Pursuit of Value, discusses how Ochsner significantly reduced their 2015 surgical site infections rate and a substantial cost avoidance using an interdisciplinary
Lean Six Sigma Process for Inventory Management
On-Demand Educational Webinars
At Hershey Penn State Medical Center, the supply chain and ED nursing team came together in a Kaizen process to reinvent the way supplies were being managed in the ED. As a result of their efforts, a new business process and system was implemented, which increased nursing satisfaction from 10% to 90%, reduced costs and stock-outs, and created a continual improvement process that supports the team’s ongoing needs.
Self Distribution Model in Health Care: A Case Study
On-Demand Educational Webinars
The Intermountain Healthcare Supply Chain Organization has embarked on strategy to drive costs out of the healthcare supply chain. As a part of that strategy, a consolidated distribution center was built for distribution of medical-surgical supplies, pharmacy products, and other ancillary services. The webinar focuses on the key lessons learned on the journey to self-distribution.
Application of Lean/Six Sigma to Inventory Management
On-Demand Educational Webinars
This session is a comprehensive approach to understanding Lean Management System concepts, processes, tools, and their application to improving inventory management in the health care supply chain.
Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID) Draft Guidance for Industry
Letter/Comment
This page provides information about submitting data to the database for device Labelers, entities responsible for providing the data to the GUDID.
Good to Great: Applying Lean Concepts to Healthcare
On-Demand Educational Webinars
Lean Management is a strategy for modifying processes so that we reduce the burden on supply chain resources, while still providing the customer with the value they want and expect. This webinar provides an overview of supply chain management and the areas that could be modified to reduce waste.
AHA podcast: Lean-ing Toward Greater Efficiency in Daily Practice
Physical therapist Clare Fox with North Country Healthcare in New Hampshire shares with AHA’s Elisa Arespacochaga why she left her native England to pursue her health career dreams in the U.S., and how adopting the Lean Six Sigma process improvement approach has made all the difference.
Hiring & Retaining the Right Staff
Technical Paper
With a focus on customer service and improving the patient experience, it is essential to hire people who are a good fit to your hospital during recruiting, hiring, and onboarding processes. The purpose of this paper is to provide you with proven strategies in attracting, interviewing, hiring and retaining staff.
Using Lean Management Strategically
Technical Paper
An Environmental Service's leader as a Lean leader needs to be patient, inquisitive, keenly interested in problem-solving, a good communicator, and a mentor who likes to see people succeed. This paper will propose a proven strategy for becoming a Lean department through the leader's eyes.