Archive for Healthcare Delivery

Process Improvement Help

I have put together an outline of topics that are included in my continous process improvement course.
To view or download the outline click on the link below:
Course Syllabus (25k Word Document)

This course is designed to be completed in four 1 1/2 hour segments in a classroom or over the web. I also have a deep dive 3 day course that covers an introduction of continuous process improvement. Please contact me for more specifics.

Posted by Aaron on May 4th, 2008

Lean for Healthcare

The current healthcare system must improve due to the enormous defect rate (estimated at nearly 45% by the New England Journal of Medicine), premium cost escalation, nursing shortages, etc. General Motor Corporation reported that healthcare expenditures equate to $1,525 per car. This cost is more than the steel to make the car! The insult to injury is that a significant portion of the costs related to healthcare services is waste. The national numbers for wastes in healthcare are between 30 and 40%.

Posted by Aaron on October 22nd, 2006

Lean Gurus: A Place for Process Improvement

The Lean Gurus are here to show you Process Improvement tools and techniques for Lean Manufacturing that also works great for Service Transactions, Healthcare Delivery, and your Office. Moving beyond theory and paper & pencils, we want to help other lean experts do process improvement better and faster. So, learn from fellow lean gurus that have improved methods, quality, and customer service in industries just like yours.

Posted by Administrator on January 1st, 2006