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Changing the Way We Do Business: A Case Study of Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare Supply Chain Management
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CQO Movement Case Study: Scottsdale Healthcare
Case Studies
Overview
Scottsdale Healthcare is a community-based, not-for-profit health system which includes Scottsdale Healthcare Thompson Peak Hospital, Scottsdale Healthcare
Improving & Managing the Sterilization Process Through the Use of Surgical Instrument Management Software & Lean
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The surgical instrument management software (SIM) implementation began in October of 2003 and a Lean initiative to redesign processes began in October 2005.
Life in the Supply Chain: Key Principles of Lean Six Sigma
Supply Chain Strategies & Solutions Article
Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is a combination of two process improvement methods.
Painful Product Conversions
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This paper describes the development of a multidisciplinary and innovative product conversion process at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) in Boston, Massachusetts, when the existing process
A Framework for Success: Applying the Baldrige Excellence Framework to the Healthcare Supply Chain
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This paper explores the application of the Baldrige Excellence Framework to the health care supply chain.
Team Based Purchasing in Healthcare - A New World
White Papers
Purchasing in healthcare is largely based on a hierarchical management style. In an experimental case started in 2004, at Floyd Medical Center in Rome, Georgia, this standard was altered.
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.