Lean Healthcare Green Belt Certification

As the cost of health care continues to rise, health care providers are under increasing pressure to reduce internal/external costs, improve patient safety and care, increase profits, reduce errors and resulting litigation, and decrease dependence on government funding and insurance premiums.

Hospitals are continually investing in significant information system projects that have either failed or not lived up to expectations. The primary reason for these failures is the lack of real process change to take advantage of the information system itself.

The result of Lean Healthcare is a process that delivers value without waste, with high quality, at a low cost. A Lean Tool Box is available to support the elimination of waste and the streamlining of process flows. In health care, one must always remember that the product (laboratory test results or samples) or service (patient care) can make the difference between life and death. The needs of the patient are paramount.

Only Lean Healthcare can provide a solution to all these concerns with minimal expenditure and maximum benefits.

Lean Healthcare Certification Testimonials.

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To purchase this program at our secure Online Store on an individual basis please click here. To purchase the company in-house program, please contact our customer service representative at 613-599-9975 or e-mail info@leanscmcertification.com.

About The Lean Healthcare Green Belt Certification Program

Our lean healthcare program represents the first international health care certification of it’s kind. This program provides an essential ‘first step’ to not only understanding the theory but also the efficient application of lean tools, practices, and concepts. It will help healthcare organizations to identify and eliminate waste, provide the tools to help improve process flows, and outline a roadmap to achieving an optimal delivery performance through increased flexibility. The objective is to deliver ‘value’ as defined by customers in a timely and efficient manner.

Commitment and support for lean in any organization needs to come from the top down for support, and from the bottom up for implementation. With this in mind, the Lean Healthcare certification program is appropriate for a diverse range of healthcare employees. These employees may work for any organization within the healthcare sector and include

• Hospital Executives (CFO, CEO, COO, Vice Presidents)
• Department Directors
• Healthcare Staff (RN’s, Technicians, Therapists, etc.)
• Service Staff (Transport Services, Administration, Nutritional Services, etc.)

This 3-month on-line certification program consists of 9 lessons that provide participants with a comprehensive overview of Lean Thinking and its application in health care. It also outlines and demonstrates the essential lean tools and practices that can be applied within the healthcare industry to decrease costs, increase efficiency and quality of service, and improve customer and employee satisfaction.

Each lesson provides 3 hours of on-line content incorporating real world case study examples of Lean Healthcare applications, along with useful in-line questions and assessments to enable students track their progress.

The program can be undertaken by individuals through on-line distance learning study or through our customized in-house solution.

You receive 6-month access to a Learning Management System portal from where you can log in at any time and launch each lesson, take prep exams, view and download on-line resources, and interact with fellow students and experts via a Lean Healthcare discussion forum. Expert mentoring support via e-mail is also provided from this portal.

Program Objective:

To use the philosophy, principles, and tools of lean to improve patient care and streamline costs in the health care industry.

Nine Lessons:

1. Understanding Lean Thinking
2. Applying Lean Thinking to Healthcare
3. Lean Healthcare Tools and Practices I: Improving Process Flow
4. Lean Healthcare Tools and Practices II: Reducing Variation and Improving Quality
5. Value Stream Mapping
6. Kaizen
7. 5S
8. Lean and Six Sigma in Healthcare
9. Roadmap to Lean Implementation

Lean Healthcare Certification Testimonials.

Register to download the Lean Healthcare Green Belt Certification brochure and registration form.

To purchase this program at our secure Online Store on an individual basis please click here. To purchase the company in-house program, please contact our customer service representative at 613-599-9975 or e-mail info@leanscmcertification.com.