At a large Midwestern Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Clinic, an internal audit revealed a baseline immunization rate of 3%. Through the Lean Six Sigma approach, the investigators sought to increase the rate to 70%. An interprofessional approach incorporating provider education, reinforcement at the point...
Lean Six Sigma in health care and the challenge of implementation of Six Sigma methodologies at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Six Sigma and Lean Thinking are quality initiatives initially deployed in industry to improve operational efficiency leading to better quality and subseque... Pocha,Christ...
In their article titled "Redesigning a Joint Replacement Program Using Lean Six Sigma in a Veterans Affairs Hospital," Gayed et al1 were able to reduce length of stay for total joint replacement by 36% and eliminate contracted care. The volume of total joint replacement increased, and $1 ...
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Lean Six Sigma in health care and the challenge of implementation of Six Sigma methodologies at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Six Sigma and Lean Thinking are quality initiatives initially deployed in industry to improve operational efficiency leading to better quality and subseque... Pocha,Christ...
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Research limitations/implications - This case study describes the application of Lean Six Sigma principles in one urban Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in the Mid-Western USA to solve a specific organizational quality problem. Therefore, the findings may not be generalizable to other ...
Data is extracted from the VistA and Omnicell program at the Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System (VALBHS). One hypothesis is that waste exists in the system and the other hypothesis is that time on hand (waiting) was the biggest waste. The first hypothesis is supported, while the...
More specifically, a Lean Six Sigma DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) methodology is applied to improve the follow-up process for Glaucoma patients in a Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital in North Carolina, USA.Johanna Ficatier...
Lean Six Sigma in health care and the challenge of implementation of Six Sigma methodologies at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Six Sigma and Lean Thinking are quality initiatives initially deployed in industry to improve operational efficiency leading to better quality and subseque... Pocha,Christ...