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Lean Six Sigma: Improving Health Care in Developing Countries
Medical XPress recently reported that researchers believe the application of Lean Six Sigma principles in rural hospitals in India will shorten patient queues by 91 percent and reduce consultation time by a third. Given the limited resources of hospitals in the country and the numbers of people who enter them, Lean Six Sigma has the […]
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Another Example of How Six Sigma Training Guides a Career
A recent press release shows yet another example of how Six Sigma training training can guide, define, and improve a career. Susan Whitehurst, the article explained, recently joined TeleTracking Technologies as the Managing Director of Consulting Services. The company stated in its release that Whitehurst’s Lean Six Sigma experience “ideally complements” its mission to support […]
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Lean Strategies Save a New Hampshire Hospital from Financial Ruin
According to an article on the blog FierceHealthcare, the 2009 ice storm that hit the state of New Hampshire created a crisis for the Monadnock Community Hospital. As a result the 25-bed critical access hospital faced a huge deficit. “I had to pull a rabbit out of a hat,” recalled hospital President and CEO Peter […]
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Lean Six Sigma and Information Technology Benefits Health Care System
The Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System of central Illinois is praising the practices of Lean Six Sigma and the role that information technology has played in implementing those practices for saving hundreds thousands of dollars over the past two years. According to an article from HealthLeaders Media, the regional health care organization is requiring all directors managers and supervisors […]
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Lean Six Sigma in Hospitals Help Patients Receive Faster Care
In the October 2012 Hospital Impact blog, “Lean Six Sigma and the patient experience,” writer Anthony Cirillo noted that recent reports showed that Lean and Six Sigma efforts reduce costs and improve efficiency. Some reports even praised the models for enhancing employee satisfaction and collaborative problem solving. The question Cirillo raised, however, is whether Lean […]
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Understanding and Applying G and T Charts in Six Sigma: Exploring Rare Event Control Charts
Welcome, Six Sigma enthusiasts, data analysts, and quality improvement advocates! I’m Tom Pyzdek, an expert in Six Sigma methodology, and today we’re delving into the robust world of G and T control charts. Minitab’s latest additions to their control chart arsenal could revolutionize your Six Sigma project management and process control. So, let’s unpack their […]
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Hospital Payments Linked to Quality of Outcomes
It has long been recognized that the incentives in the healthcare system are perverse in the sense that hospitals receive compensation for what is essentially rework. For example, a patient might be admitted and treated for an ailment, released, then subsequently readmitted for the same ailment. Another common occurrence is that patients acquire a problem […]
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The Dirty Dozen Quality Challenges
Lean, Six Sigma and Quality provide a set of tools and a framework for achieving excellence in any process.Quality professionals are able to help organizations determine if customer requirements are properly defined and if the organization is meeting those requirements. Lean practitioners have a set of skills that can be used to eliminate waste in […]
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The Problem with Swiss Army Knife Control Charting
I’m an advocate of using the I-chart as the default control chart. If I am teaching statistical process control (SPC) and can only teach one chart, the I-chart is always the one that I teach. It’s the only control chart I cover in my Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training. It’s the only chart that […]
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Lean Six Sigma Improvement and Work Design
This article is an excerpt from a lesson in Pyzdek Institute Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training. Future posts will continue the topic. In previous lessons you learned how to change a traditional batch-and-queue value stream into a lean value stream. Now we will discuss the design of the actual work that will take place […]