Hospital lean assembly line reduces cycle time

Lean manufacturing methods enable Canadian hospital to improve the emergency room cycle times. The techniques will be applied to additional hospital in the near future. ...

... "A study just published by Dr. Ng's team suggests that adopting an assembly-line process pioneered at Toyota Motor Corp. had slashed the emergency department's lengthy wait times, results many others are hoping to match. " ...

Via National Post, Canada: Health care from the Toyota

Six Sigma Medical Outcomes

California healthcare system deploys Six Sigma in its quest for medical excellence. The methodology has been customized for health care processes. And, the enterprise is achieving solid improvement results. ...

... "Since introducing Six Sigma in its Southern California medical centers, Providence California has seen across the board improvements in clinical outcomes, care, customer relations, and finance. " ...

Via Health Leader: Six Sigma Tactics

General Dynamics Lean Six Sigma Training Consulting Support

General Dynamics Information Technology receives multi-million dollar, multi-year contract to support the Lean Six Sigma efforts of the U.S. Army Medical Command and the Office of the Surgeon General. ...

... "General Dynamics will support the Army MEDCOM Lean Six Sigma Concepts and Methodologies program by providing instruction and consulting services to internal organizations for MEDCOM’s Director of Strategy and Innovation. " ...

Via General Dynamics Information Technology: U.S. Army Medical Command Lean Six Sigma

The Office of the Surgeon General has successfully deployed Lean Six Sigma to improve cycle time of business processes. ...

Lean Six Sigma Analysis Streamlines Process: "In the end, the in-processing became virtual. New employees login and virtually check in to various in-processing work stations. "

The Army has embraced lean in its culture and has created positions of leadership to transform its business. ...

DENCOM Leadership: "The DENCOM has embraced the Lean Six Sigma business case analysis protocol, creating a new Director of Business Transformation position on the DENCOM staff, to evaluate internal business practices and increase efficiency of DENCOM strategic and operational initiatives. "

Virginia Mason Lean Production System Creates Value

Healthcare application of lean manufacturing principles leads to creation of the Virginia Mason Institute. Virginia Mason Medical Center has created value for the enterprise through its Lean Production System and will offer its services to others through training, education, and consulting. ...

... "VMI has been created in response to an overwhelming number of requests for Virginia Mason staff to share their experience and knowledge in applying lean principles to health care. In 2001, Virginia Mason adopted the business case for quality as its key strategy with a clear and unequivocal focus on the patient. At the time, VM was one of the first organizations in the world to adapt the Toyota Production System to health care to improve care, reduce waste and allow medical staff and the entire care-delivery team to spend more value-added time with patients. " ...

Via Virginia Mason: VM Institute

Laboratory Six Sigma

Hospital laboratory uses Six Sigma to drive its efficiency initiative. Cycle times for testing are decreasing. ...

... "The lab is also using the principles of Six Sigma, a system meant to help companies eliminate defects that has been embraced by General Electric and other manufacturers. " ...

Via The StarPhoenix: Saskatoon Health Region

Lean SixSigma Medical Manufacturing

Apriso will discus lean case study on April 17 event. ...

... "Apriso's Industry Director for Life Sciences, Rick Gallisa, will demonstrate how software can be an enabler to implementing sustainable Lean/Six Sigma programs including e-Kanban across highly complex manufacturing environments found within the Medical Device industry. Apriso FlexNet provides complete visibility, traceability and control over manufacturing operations, providing a foundation to implement cost effective compliance within Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma initiatives. " ...

Via Apriso: Lean and Six Sigma Event for Medical Device Manufacturers

Healthcare Delivery Uses Lean Manufacturing Techniques

Medical center stays relevant in its industry through leadership commitment and management techniques, such as lean manufacturing. ...

... "For about four years, ThedaCare has incorporated methods based on lean manufacturing or efficiency principles into its care delivery procedures. " ...

Via Oshkosh Northwestern: Medical Center

Six Sigma Medical Cure

Boston area hospitals see benefits from Six Sigma process improvements. ...

... "Under a new scheduling system, all patients who required anesthesia are booked together, and an anesthesiologist was assigned to those hours. Patient volume went from 29 a day to 39 a day, without adding hours of operation. " ...

Via The Boston Globe: New medicine for hospitals

Lean SixSigma Healthcare Efficiency

Rising healthcare costs require a multi-pronged approach to control, including efficiency of the delivery systems. ...

... "Working with the area health systems to institute Lean Six Sigma to improve efficiency and quality at the major hospitals. " ...

Via Democrat & Chronicle: Medical Costs

Kaizen and IT-enabled Processes Expected to Make Healthcare More Efficient and Effective

Lean practices are applied to healthcare in the UK as management systems are improved. ...

... "The Kaizen problem-solving system will also be applied to the turnaround time for lab tests, such as biopsy samples, which will help speed up diagnoses. Much of the work is likely to involve better use of IT systems ... " ...

Via The Scotsman: NHS Lothian

Hospital Lean SixSigma Success Stories Discussed

Teams discuss Lean Six Sigma successes in hospitals. ...

... "Teams from Unity, Thompson, Rochester General and Strong Memorial hospitals will share their success stories, results and lessons learned through applying Lean Six Sigma to improve processes. 8 a.m. June 21. Strong Memorial Hospital " ...

Via Democrat & Chronicle: Business Events

Business Process Improvement

Lean and Six Sigma are great methods if applied properly. A good understanding of the underlying business and business processes is critical. ...

... "And yet, some laboratory managers take six sigma and lean tools and misuse them. Incorrectly used, these tools can endanger the viability of a pathology department and the quality of the service. " ...

Via Medical Laboratory World: Business Process Improvement