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Obviously, Six Sigma can help doctors provide better care to their patients. But if those of us in the Six Sigma industry continue to partner with the medical community and focus solely on noncore health care problems, we're actually doing patients a major disservice. We're enabling doctors to provide the wrong treatments more quickly.
-- Quality Digest - The Elephant in the Operating Room (06.14.05)

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9/14/09 - HSS presented Risk Reduction in Healthcare at AHRQ Annual Conference in Washington DC

4/19/09 - INR Pro Web demos have been scheduled. Find a date that fits your schedule, and signup for free to reserve your spot!

9/15/08 - A 4-volume series of articles from AHRQ was recently released, titled Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches. HSS was directly involved in the analysis supporting the article titled Using Lean Six Sigma Tools to Compare INR Measurements from Different Laboratories within a Community

is now available! A web-based warfarin (Coumadin©) management database tracking system for anticoagulation clinics, labs and pharmacies
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Statistical Process Control Support

Anyone involved in the following healthcare patient management areas should be following industry best practices in using Statistical Process Control (SPC) to prevent excessive or incorrect dosage adjustments, or to properly monitor their patients management of the following conditions...

- Anticoagulation (INR readings)
- Organ transplant recipients (CNI readings)
- Diabetes (fasting blood sugar levels)
- Occupational Asthma (peak flow rates)
- Lung transplant w/emphysema (FVC/FEV1)
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts (ventilation time)
- Hypertension (blood pressure)
- Coronary Risk (cholesterol LCL-C levels)
- Any other process or metric needing control charting functionality for JCAHO/ISO/IWA compliance...

HSS can provide consulting and integration services for modifying your current system or database to make it compliant to these best practices in Statistical Process Control, using the most cost-effective software based on the size and complexity needs of your clinic or hospital. Download the Grant presentation to receive more details about our Anticoagulation study findings >>>

lean_or (37K)Here are some examples how Lean Sigma can be utilized in your clinic or facility...

- Operating Room Turnover Efficiency
- Reduction in Billing Errors and Payment Time
- Staff Shift Change Efficiency
- Reduction in Inventory for Medical Supplies
- Reduction in cancelled appointments
- Improved Laboratory Test Turn-around Times
- Decrease in total walking distance by ER nurses
- Reduction in patient wait times
- Emergency Room Capacity Improvement
- Decrease in total cycle time for Surgeons performing heart surgery
- Prevention of Medication Dosing Errors
- Improved efficiency in Call Center Operations
- Maximize Workstation Productivity and communication
- Improve hospital bed/room utilization
- Reduce variation in measurement equipment in labs

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