WEST LAFAYETTE ― Purdue Healthcare Advisors (PHA) will use PHA Direct, the e-learning platform it launched earlier this year, to expand access for the training and certification of Lean Daily ...

UC San Francisco will train medical residents and fellows in Lean management principles, as part of a broader institutional commitment to continuous quality improvement. The effort is being supported ...

The objective of this work is to improve the quality of patient care in the admission office service of the University Hospital Virgen del Rocío (HUVR) by standardizing and systematizing its ...

Healthcare is an extremely complex industry, and organizations within it are continually adapting to change. One way some organizations have attacked this need to change head-on is through Lean ...

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― Purdue Healthcare Advisors (PHA) at Purdue University awarded Lean Office certifications to a handful of Indiana Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) this year, designating the ...

Done well, the Lean quality improvement philosophy can transform a healthcare organization when it comes to safety, quality, patient satisfaction and overall efficiency. So why aren’t healthcare ...

Financially strapped and under pressure to stretch strained resources, public school districts share many of the same challenges faced by other government departments to eliminate wasteful practices ...

What companies excel at lean? Don't assume you know the answer to that question because this book offers a compelling case to look beyond Toyota, and in fact to look beyond all Japanese companies, to ...

'They are our opportunity to get better,' says the director of lean enterprise at Greatbatch. You don't want problems. You want a plant floor or an office or a business process that runs like a ...