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“Shelley gave structure to the process team, guiding us and providing tools, so that we were more productive during the mapping and analysis of the current process and redesigning the new process.

The new process, the Abovehealth Modular Implementation, is a repeatable process with discipline and specific tools for each phase. We expect that the new sequence modular approach will not only reduce cycle time and rework, but be a real differentiator for us in the marketplace.”

Terri SenRoy
Director, Quality Assurance (former)
AboveHealth

 

How do you get healthcare employees to embed continuous improvement in their everyday work life? Part 1

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Guest Blog

By Mary Grace Gardner, Director of Strategy and Performance Improvement in the San Francisco Bay Area.

What do the following three things have in common: dropping a ping pong ball either into a bucket that says ‘yes’ or ‘no’ at the end of day, checking whether wearing a bright yellow sash during medication […]

April 19th, 2016 | Category: Continuous Improvement, Healthcare process improvement, Hospital process improvement, Process Improvement | One comment

Are Process Efficiency and Effectiveness Possible in Hospital Improvements?

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Can hospitals provide streamlined processes that are faster and cheaper than today, while at the same time providing better outcomes for patients? Patients want both! They want efficiency and effectiveness improvements. They want costs to go down to decrease their out of pocket expenses and hopefully reduce insurance costs; they want more streamlined processes to […]

August 26th, 2014 | Tags: | Category: Healthcare process improvement, Hospital process improvement, Impact | One comment