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Apply Lean lessons to making actual improvements
A Rapid Improvement Event (kaizen -- the Japanese word for improvement) implies more than improvement in basic processes. Kaizen represents a philosophy whereby an organization, and the individuals within it, undertake continual improvements of all aspects of organizational life. Our qualified facilitators work onsite with your personnel to make efficiency improvements to a departmental area or process over a multiple-day session. During this process, our trainers instill the improvements of Lean and impart the knowledge and skill base to your organization to enable continuance and sustainment of those improvements.
Sharon Gess, emergency department director at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Ala. describes the goals of the emergency department during a Rapid Improvement Event facilitated by ATAC at thehospital.
East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC) in Opelika, Ala. has partnered with the Auburn Technical Assistance Center (ATAC) at Auburn University to launch a long-term initiative to implement Lean Continuous Improvement throughout the hospital operations.
Dubbed ‘EPIC’ – EAMC Performance Improvement Culture -- EAMC's program represents its commitment to instilling and sustaining a culture of problem solving, standardization and improvement as its standard operating practice.
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Click here to obtain a graphic illustration of the Lean CI journey for medical organizations.
Contact for More Information:
Mitch Emmons; 334.844.3881; emmonmb@auburn.edu
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