Lean Healthcare West
Lean Healthcare West is a group of healthcare professionals who have acquired Lean expertise through research and application. We offer a unique perspective from decades of healthcare practice, refocused with fresh Lean vision.
Lean Healthcare West's simplified implementation of the Toyota Production System (TPS) concepts and methods brings immediate Lean advantages to any healthcare organization.
Our program is based on the findings of research funded by the National Science Foundation (2001-2004), conducted by Cindy Jimmerson (Lean Healthcare West) and Durward Sobek (Montana State University, College of Engineering).
From this research the reVIEW© Course was developed. The reVIEW© Course combines a basic tenet of TPS/Lean: that improvements must be made by the people who do the work. The content is introduced in a classroom format familiar to how healthcare workers learn. As other clinical certification programs (ie ACLS, ATLS, etc) are taught internally and ongoing in hospitals, so can the reVIEW© Course be taught to address improving the delivery of clinical care.
In these tenuous times can we afford to not optimize our professional and business practices?
To date our unique implementation of introductory Lean concepts and methods has been successful in more than 75 hospitals, long term care facilities and physician professional practices. Our facilitators have applied their experience and these principles to every department of the healthcare organization. The concepts and methods are easy to learn and easy to teach in the Lean journey toward Ideal service.
Our goal is to assist you to create a high quality, affordable healthcare system by eliminating waste and increasing patient safety and worker satisfaction.
Contact us today to begin your lean journey! info@leanhealthcarewest.com
The reVIEW© Education and Implementation Program introduces participants to the powerful principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS). By applying TPS principles and practices (Value Stream Mapping and A3 Problem Solving), participants will look at their work differently to identify potential savings of time, resources, and the elimination of errors. The reVIEW© program offers instructor/trainer education to assist you in developing an internal lean training team at your facility.
The following objectives can be met with the skills learned in the reVIEW© Education and Implementation Program.
- Create a more defect-free product or service
- Reduce/eliminate waste and increase efficiency
- Increase patient and employee satisfaction
- Reduce costs
- Increase patient safety
- Enhance leadership and communication skills
