A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...

September 16th, 2016
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Citrus Valley Health Partners (CVHP) is a nonprofit comprehensive health care system based in Los...

March 14th, 2016
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Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...

December 14th, 2015

Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...

October 6th, 2015
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This project aimed to reduce the OR turnover time for total joint cases. Baseline data showed it ...

October 6th, 2015
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Utilizing Six Sigma's DMAIC model, this project looked at ways to decrease errors in the document...

October 6th, 2015
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Patients discharged to home waited an average of 3.5 hours to complete all of the necessary steps...

October 6th, 2015
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The project improved the pharmacy to hospital floor Rx process to decrease returns, optimize auto...

October 6th, 2015
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Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...

September 14th, 2015
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The goal was to reduce the delay in patient care by reducing patient wait times, both from reques...

June 16th, 2015
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National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

June 10th, 2015
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July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...

June 8th, 2015
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Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...

March 31st, 2015
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Lean Six Sigma tools were used to reduce pressure ulcers at Memorial Health System, Springfield, ...

November 17th, 2014
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St. Joseph Regional Health Center went on a Lean journey to not only save money, but improve the ...

March 17th, 2014
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The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...

March 25th, 2013
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A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...

June 1st, 2012
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Just three years ago, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center faced falling quality indicators, staff ...

August 29th, 2011

Making cleanliness everyone's responsibility was part of an infection control and patient safety ...

November 22nd, 2010
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The Problem Wait times in the hospital's inpatient rehabilitation center were unacceptable; some ...

September 1st, 2009
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