Athens Hospital Improves Processes by Implementing Lean in Laboratory
(Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute: Atlanta) -- Debbie Guzman, laboratory director at Athens Regional Medical Center, says that implementing lean principles in a health care setting is especially challenging.
Quality of U.S. Health Care Stuck in Neutral
(NCQA: Washington) -- “The State of Health Care Quality 2009,” an annual report, now in its 13th year, provided by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), finds that the quality of U.S.
Computerized Physician Order Entry Helps Hospitals Improve Care
Ten years after the Institute of Medicine released its influential report "To Err Is Human" (www.iom.edu/en/Reports/1999/To-Err-is-Human-Building-A-Safer-Health-System.a
Lean Six Sigma in a Health Care Environment
In 2005, according to a BBC News report at the time, operating rooms all over the United Kingdom were thrown into chaos and operations canceled due to broken, missing, or dirty surgical instruments.
Behind the Health Care Improvement Map
What if hospital leaders had an easier, more streamlined way to chart an improvement path for their organizations?
Good night and sweet dreams!
In this case study of reverse engineering and rapid prototyping we will look at a company that developed an initial prototype of an anti-snoring device based on many years of research in the field of dentistry.
New Protocols Will Test Effects of RFID Systems on Medical Devices
Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems are widely used for applications that include inventory management, package tracking, toll collection, passport identification, and airport luggage security.
Six Sigma in Health Care: We’re Leaving Money On the Table
All the talk of health care reform has resulted in many hospitals turning to lean Six Sigma to help improve efficiency and aid in cost cutting.
