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Lean Healthcare Review |
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Improving Quality, Time and Cost in Health Care: The Three Wins |
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The Leading Edge Group are delighted to announce that Christian Buchsteiner, Process Design Coordinator - Center for Healthcare Improvement at
Christian’s assignment was based on the “client supplies management process” at his previous employer Oregon Medical Laboratories.
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is one of the largest independent non-profit medical and occupational testing laboratories in the Pacific Northwest.
“I enjoyed the whole program very much and it was built in a very lean, easy, efficient and effective manner”, stated Christian, “I very much enjoyed the great reference materials provided from a wide spectrum of healthcare applications and areas. This program by far exceeded my expectation and
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aligned very well with my skills and experiences”.
Christian Buchsteiner, Process Design Co-ordinator, Center for Healthcare Improvement, PeaceHealth |
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Recent Lean Healthcare Graduates:
Deborah Miller, Aptimise; Hilary Grey, Aptimise Cancer Care; Russel Jewell, Kelly Warner, Jacky Jones, Lisa Innes, Noelle Rolston - NHS South Central; Laila Wahle, Mary Ferreira, Marcus Demes, Bert Hoffmann, Katja Driessen - Stryker GmbH & Co.KG, Duisburg, Germany |
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The Leading Edge Group and The Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver recently announced a new and unique Lean Healthcare Education initiative consisting of Lean Healthcare Green Belt and Black Belt Programs. Theses programs will be specifically aimed at preparing health professionals for managing change through process improvement across the global healthcare sector.
The Lean Healthcare Black Belt Program is the first of its kind in the world and is aimed at doctors, consultants, nurses, administrators, allied health professionals and other professionals in the healthcare sector. Scott McLagan, Executive Director of Executive and Corporate Programs at the |
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Daniels College of Business is very enthusiastic about the programs. “The healthcare system worldwide has many challenges and we are committed to helping the organizations in this industry build new capabilities.
We have tremendous expertise in the areas of executive education and leadership development. This coupled with the Lean expertise and skill sets within the Leading Edge |
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Group will go a long way towards ensuring the programs international success. Education in Lean Thinking should be part of an organizations competency framework to ensure consistency across all functions.” For more information on the new Lean Healthcare Black Belt program, please access the following page - http://www.leanhealthcareservices.
Pictured opposite are Sharon Kaliouby, Enterprise Ireland, John Whelton (top right) Leading Edge Group, Joe Aherne, (bottom left) and Scott McLagan (bottom right), University of Denver, Daniels College of Business.
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