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- Lean Healthcare Conference Class Descriptions
- 1st Annual Lean Leadership Retreat on Flathead Lake
- 1st Annual Lean Healthcare Conference
- 2nd Annual Lean Leadership Retreat at Whitefish
- Lean Healthcare Workshop: Albuquerque
- 2nd Annual Lean Healthcare Conference
- Class Description05/21/2007 : CS: We Lean Towards Customer Service - taught by Lynn Jackson and Marshall Leslie
- Class Description05/21/2007 : CS: The Integration of Lean into the Design of Patient Care Facilities - taught by Dave Krebs and Deb Strickland
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Improving Inpatient Flow - taught by Lynda Monik
- Class Description05/21/2007 : CS: Surgical Admissions Unit Patient Flow - taught by Susan Dragoo and Richard Tucker
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Keynote: Notes from a CEO - taught by Neil McEvoy, President and CEO
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Opportunities Before and After Lean - taught by David K. Sorensen
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Applying Lean to Master Facility Design - taught by LeeAnne Campbell
- Class Description05/21/2007 : CS: Lessons Learned Piloting Lean Principles in Medication Administration and Delivery - taught by Kevin Brodt
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Keynote: Supercharge Your Improvement Initiative - taught by Michael Bremer
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Strategic Alignment: The Link With Problem Solving - taught by Ann Esain
- Class Description05/21/2007 : CS: Sustained Increase in Endoscopy Volume Following an A3 - taught by Jim Nesbitt, MD, MMM
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Case Study With the Transporters at Aalborg Hospital, Denmark - taught by Inge Holck
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Lean in the Physician Office Practice - taught by Scott Jordan, MD
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Lean Results- Pharmacy Project Pays Dividends - taught by Tom Stoffel, President and CEO
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Visualizing Lean Healthcare Electronically - taught by Dilesh Patel
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Leadership, Ownership and Support for Successful Lean Transformation: Part II - taught by David Munch, M.D.
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Leadership, Ownership and Support for Successful Lean Transformation: Part I - taught by David Munch, M.D.
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Opening Remarks - taught by Cindy Jimmerson, Charles Hagood,
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Introduction to Lean - taught by Cindy Jimmerson
- Class Description05/21/2007 : A3 Thinking…A Cornerstone For Lean - taught by Cindy Jimmerson
- Class Description05/21/2007 : The Power of Observation and Value Stream Mapping - taught by Susan Sheehy
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Value Stream Mapping Made Easy - taught by Susan Sheehy
- Class Description05/21/2007 : 5-S…A Simple Lean Tool For Workplace Organization - taught by Charles Hagood
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Continental Breakfast and Conference Check-in - taught by
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Making Lean Work - An Organizational Perspective - taught by Dave Mavity
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Our Lean Sigma Journey: Implementation and Case Study - taught by Mark Dean, Ph.D and Michael Waterman
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Lunch - taught by
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Back to the Bedside - taught by Chuck P. Reece, Jr, RN / David Pickens
- Class Description05/21/2007 : Lean Healthcare and Leadership: Both Are Required for Success - taught by Charles Hagood
- Class Description05/22/2007 : Art of Innovation Award / Panel Discussion on Sustaining Lean Efforts - taught by
- Class Description05/22/2007 : Deploying Lean Throughout a Rural Health System - taught by Kimberlee D. Snyder, Ph.D.
- Class Description05/22/2007 : MOVED to 10:00am - taught by Ryan Thomas, Ph.D
- Class Description05/22/2007 : Why Lean? Hands-On Simulation - taught by Tom Stoffel
- Class Description05/22/2007 : CS: Improve the Admission and Discharge Process - taught by Patrick Pokorski
- Class Description05/22/2007 : MOVED: Analytical Tools to Facilitate Lean Processing - taught by Ryan Thomas, Ph.D
- Class Description05/22/2007 : A3 Thinking: A Cornerstone to Mastering Lean - taught by Cindy Jimmerson
- Class Description05/22/2007 : What a Waste! Seven Mudas in Healthcare - taught by Vicki Baum
- Class Description05/22/2007 : Lean Laboratory - taught by Ken Bloemer, Ph.D
- Class Description05/22/2007 : Eliminate Waste in the Design of Space, Modularity and Muda - taught by Kathy Okland
- Class Description05/22/2007 : CS: Glycemia Management Implementation at PAMC Using the A3 - taught by James Nesbitt, MD, MMM
- Class Description05/22/2007 : Cultural Remodeling: Building a Lean Organization - taught by Dale Sanders
- Class Description05/22/2007 : Aladdin and The Alchemist- The Magic of Shadow Leadership - taught by Barrie Brewer
- Class Description05/22/2007 : Power Coaching - taught by Cindy Jimmerson
- Class Description05/22/2007 : CS: The Application of Lean Improvements at Swedish Medical Center - taught by Abdul Mansour
- Class Description05/22/2007 : A Case Study of a Lean Transformation - taught by Dr. Dave Munch, M.D
- Class Description05/22/2007 : CS: Is it Time to Go Home Yet? - taught by Melanie Sudduth
- Class Description05/22/2007 : Keynote: The Lean Explosion: Across Service Industries - taught by Maria Stopher
- Class Description05/22/2007 : How to Get Started with Lean Implementation - taught by Dwayne Keller
- Class Description05/22/2007 : Breakfast - taught by
- Class Description05/22/2007 : Lunch - taught by
- Class Description05/22/2007 : Keynote - taught by Marlin Chapman
- Class Description05/22/2007 : Other Lean Tools and Methods @ Work - taught by Richard Tucker
- 3rd Annual Lean Leadership Retreat at Big Sky
- International Lean Healthcare Conference
- 3rd Annual Lean Healthcare Conference
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Lean Project Management: Balancing Agility, Quality and Execution - taught by Dale Sanders
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Alphabet Soup - Defining Lean and Types of Waste - taught by Richard Tucker
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Value Stream Mapping Made Easy - taught by Jayne Ottman
- Class Description04/21/2008 : A3 Thinking... A Cornerstone for Lean - taught by Cindy Jimmerson
- Class Description04/21/2008 : 5-S and the Visual Workplace - taught by Marshall Leslie
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Welcome and Keynote: Participate to Innovate! - taught by Cindy Jimmerson
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Discharged! - taught by HPP/LHW Staff
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Discharge! - taught by Julia Jimmerson
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Got Process? - Lean Job Instructions Part 1 - taught by Richard Tucker / Kerri Bayer
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Got Process? - Lean Job Instructions Part 2 - taught by Richard Tucker / Kerri Bayer
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Less Time Gathering Supplies=More Time with Patients - taught by Jani Huston
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Pit Crew Challenge - taught by HPP staff
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Discharged! - taught by HPP/LHW Staff
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Are We Lean Yet? - taught by Maureen Sullivan
- Class Description04/21/2008 : - taught by Inge Holk
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Presentation from Denmark - taught by Inge Holk
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Leaning the Emergency Department - taught by Susan Sheehy
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Organization of Specialties vs Patient Flow - taught by Inge Holck
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Architecting Lean into a New Business Model - taught by Carey Palmquist
- Class Description04/21/2008 : LUNCH - taught by
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Keynote: The Power of C-Suite Participation in Lean Implementation - taught by Dr. Patricia Gabow
- Class Description04/21/2008 : The Role of Users in Pathology Lean Improvement - taught by Lesley Wright
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Case Studies in Patient Safety - taught by Naida Grunden
- Class Description04/21/2008 : The Management of Change in Healthcare - taught by Miles F. Shore M.D.
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Transformation of the OR: Lean and Best Practices - taught by Elsa Mersereau
- Class Description04/21/2008 : OR Foot Traffic Case Study - taught by Elsa Mersereau
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Breakfast - taught by
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Reflections on a Lean Journey - taught by Bruce Lawrence/Lori Smith/Susan Dragoo
- Class Description04/21/2008 : A3 Thinking...A Cornerstone for Lean - taught by Cindy Jimmerson
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Redesign of a Trauma Bay Using 5S and Lean in BC, Canada - taught by Laura Drozdiak, Kevin Brodt
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Welcome - taught by Charles Hagood
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Creating a Five Star Lean Emergency Department: How to begin, sustain, and keep getting better - taught by Susan Sheehy
- Class Description04/21/2008 : NOTICE! this session has changed to: Lean in a Community Healthcare Clinic - taught by Evelyn Siebel
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Discharged! - taught by HPP/LHW Staff
- Class Description04/21/2008 : Discharged! - taught by HPP/LHW Staff
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Keynote: Innovation and the Application of Lean Methods - taught by David Munch, M.D.
- Class Description04/22/2008 : LUNCH - taught by
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Lean from a Physicians Perspective: An Interactive Discuss - taught by Dave Munch, M.D.
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Creating and Archiving VSMs and A3s - taught by Dilesh Patel
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Art of Innovation Award and Discharged! Prizes - taught by Cindy Jimmerson
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Leading in a Lean Healthcare System - taught by Dorothy Weber
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Reducing Cath Lab Pre-Operative Delays Using Lean and Six Sigma - taught by Michele D. Dekelbaum
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Lean in an Outpatient Specialty Medical Practice - taught by James Gillhouse
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Discharged! - taught by HPP/LHW Staff
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Healthcare Healing (Simulation) - taught by Tom Stoffel
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Discharged! - taught by HPP/LHW Staff
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Keynote: One Means, Multiple Ends: Deploying Lean/TPS to Improve Employee Retention and Patient Sat - taught by Karen Feinstein
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Lean Implementaion in Diagonistic Testing Services - taught by Stephen Raab, MD
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Glycemia Management, a Physicians Perspective Using A3 - taught by Jim Nesbitt, M.D.
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Healthcare Healing (Simulation) - taught by Tom Stoffel
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Power Coaching A3 Problem Solving - taught by Dorothy Weber
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Toward Ideal: Bedside Supply Management - taught by Jane Wallace
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Leadership Lessons from the Trenches: Top-Down? Bottom-Up? Inside-Out or Upside-Down? - taught by Tania Lyon
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Lean Maintenance - taught by Kris Bagadia
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Lean and Middle Management - taught by Cindy Jimmerson
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Introduction - taught by Charles Hagood
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Implementing Hoshin Kanri Policy Deployment as the Foundation to Lean - taught by Patty Rothe
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Other Lean Tools and Methods at Work - taught by RIchard Tucker
- Class Description04/22/2008 : Where Do We Begin? - taught by Dwayne Keller
- 4th Annual Lean Leadership Retreat
- Belmont University Lean Healthcare Certificate Program
- 2nd Annual International Lean Healthcare Conference
- A3 Problem Solving Webinar
- Introduction to Lean Healthcare Phoenix
- Creating a Lean Five-Star Emergency Department, Part I - Susan Sheehy
- Introduction to Lean Healthcare San Diego
- Blending Lean Healthcare and Work Safety - Susan Murphey, 2/12/09
- Belmont University Lean Healthcare Certificate Program
- Blending Lean Healthcare and Work Safety - Susan Murphey, 2/26/09
- Blending Lean Healthcare and Work Safety - Susan Murphey, 3/12/09
- Creating a Lean Five-Star Emergency Department, Part I - Susan Sheehy, 3/17
- Work Safety Through Process Improvement - Susan Murphey, 3/19/09
- Creating a Lean Five-Star Emergency Department, Part I - Susan Sheehy, 3/24
- National Lean Healthcare Conference
- Work Safety Through Process Improvement - Susan Murphey, 4/2/09
- Creating a Lean Five Star Emergency Department- Susan Sheehy, 4/7
- Creating a Lean Five Star Emergency Department, Part II - Susan Sheehy, 4/14
- Work Safety Through Process Improvement - Susan Murphey, 4/16/09
- Engaging Staff in Creating Sustainable Work Safety - Susan Murphey, 4/30/09
- Belmont University Lean Healthcare Certificate Program
- Engaging Staff in Creating Sustainable Work Safety -Susan Murphey, 5/14/09
- Engaging Staff in Creating Sustainable Work Safety with Susan Murphey, May 28, 2009
- 5th Annual Lean Leadership Retreat Big Sky
- Class Description09/20/2009 : Conference Check-in, Huntley Lodge Lobby - taught by
- Class Description09/20/2009 : Lean Overview (Optional) - taught by Susan Sheehy and Elsa Mersereau
- Class Description09/21/2009 : Conference Check-in & Continental Breakfast - taught by
- Class Description09/21/2009 : Welcome! - taught by Cindy Jimmerson
- Class Description09/21/2009 : Healthcare Reform Legislative Update - taught by Kavita Patel, MD (The White House)
- Class Description09/21/2009 : Morning Break - taught by
- Class Description09/21/2009 : Box Lunch and networking/free time - taught by
- Class Description09/21/2009 : Designed to Adapt: Expandiing the Possible for your Organization - taught by John Kenagy, MD (Kenagy and Assc., Massachusetts)
- Class Description09/21/2009 : Yes we can! How to deliver high quality healthcare for less cost. - taught by Kate Sylvester, MD (National Health Service, GB)
- Class Description09/21/2009 : The Thedacare Experience : www.createhealthcarevalue.com - taught by John Touissant, MD (ThedaCare)
- Class Description09/22/2009 : Creating a 5-Star ED Using Lean: Part 1 - The Work - taught by Susan Sheehy (LHW, Massachusetts)
- Class Description09/22/2009 : Breakfast - taught by
- Class Description09/22/2009 : Morning Break - taught by
- Class Description09/22/2009 : Sustaining a Lean Implementation - taught by Mimi Farbo, (past CEO, UPMC Braddock, Pennsylvania
- Class Description09/22/2009 : Lunch - taught by
- Class Description09/22/2009 : Cocktail Reception and Bluegrass Music! - taught by
- Class Description09/22/2009 : Diagnostic Improvements in Women's Health - taught by Lesley Wright (National Health Service, Great Brit
- Class Description09/22/2009 : Creating a 5-Star ED Using Lean: Part 2 - Computer Simulation: A Tool - taught by Krystyna Culp (FreemanWhite, North Carolina)
- Class Description09/22/2009 : Shared Decision Making: Addressing unwarranted variation in procedure rates - taught by Jon Lurie, MD (Dartmouth College, NH)
- Class Description09/22/2009 : Case Study: Improving Flow and Team Building in Endoscopy - taught by
- Class Description09/22/2009 : PRESENTATION: Art of Innovation Award - taught by
- Class Description09/23/2009 : Breakfast - taught by
- Class Description09/23/2009 : Case Study: Leaning towards a better Lab - taught by Christine Lemaire
- Class Description09/23/2009 : Morning Break - taught by
- Class Description09/23/2009 : Using Lean in Pre-design/Construction - taught by Barry Kowalski (Alberta, CA)
- Class Description09/23/2009 : Box Lunch and Discussion - taught by
- Class Description09/23/2009 : Case Study: Increasing Endoscopy Department Capacity - taught by Lynn Weddle (Missoula, MT)
- Class Description09/23/2009 : Developing a Comprehensive Plan for Lean Implementation - taught by Cindy Jimmerson (LHW, Montana)
- Creating a 5-Star ED Webinar (Sue Sheehy): Oct 28, 2009
- Value Stream Mapping Webinar (Cindy Jimmerson): Nov 4, 2009
- A3 Problem Solving Webinar (Cindy Jimmerson): Nov 11, 2009
- 3rd Annual International Lean Healthcare Conference
- 5S & Workplace Organization Webinar (Elsa Mersereau): Nov 18, 2009
- Creating a 5-Star ED Webinar (Sue Sheehy): Nov 25, 2009
- Lean Healthcare Workshop: Bay Area, CA Dec 3-4, 2009
- Lean Healthcare Workshop: Evanston, IL Dec 3-4, 2009
- Lean Healthcare Workshop: Orem, UT Dec 3-4, 2009
- Value Stream Mapping Webinar (Cindy Jimmerson): Dec 9, 2009
- 5S & Workplace Organization Webinar (Elsa Mersereau): Dec 16, 2009
- Lean Healthcare Workshop: Boston, MA
- Lean Healthcare Workshop: Washington, DC
- Lean Healthcare Workshop: Phoenix, AZ March 4 & 5, 2010
- Value Stream Mapping Webinar (Elsa Mersereau): March 30, 2010
- A3 Problem Solving Webinar (Elsa Mersereau): April 6, 2010
- A3 Problem Solving Workshop: Denver, CO April 8, 2010
- 5S and Workplace Organization Webinar (Elsa Mersereau): April 13, 2010
- Lean Healthcare Workshop: Portland, OR April 15-16, 2010
- Value Stream Mapping Webinar: May 24, 2010
- A3 Problem Solving Webinar: May 25, 2010
- 5S and Workplace Organization Webinar: May 26, 2010
- Beginning Your Lean Journey (Susan Sheehy): June 23, 2010
- Lean and Baldrige: Holistic Approach for Healthcare Improvement
- The Role of the Healthcare Executive Creating Lean Implementation Success
- Lean for the Operating Room
- Lean for Facility Design
- A3 Problem Solving for the Emergency Department
- Advanced Uses for A3 Problem Solving
- Lean for Physician Leaders
- 6th Annual Lean Leadership Retreat
- Class Description09/19/2010 : Conference Check-in - taught by
- Class Description09/19/2010 : Lean Overview (optional) - taught by
- Class Description09/20/2010 : Breakfast - taught by
- Class Description09/20/2010 : Welcome - taught by Cindy Jimmerson, Lean Healthcare West
- Class Description09/20/2010 : Morning Break - taught by
- Class Description09/20/2010 : Mon 3 - taught by
- Class Description09/20/2010 : Lunch - taught by
- Class Description09/20/2010 : Lean in Community Health Centers Case Study: The Power of A3 Problem Solving - taught by Evelyn Seibel, Alicia Thompson, Cindy McAfee
- Class Description09/20/2010 : From New Zealand to North Carolina: A Lean Path Through the Chaos - taught by Mark Jaben, MD
- Class Description09/20/2010 : Analyzing Flow in an OR from a Lean Perspective: Simulation (Optional) - taught by Dilesh Patel and Herman Ranpuria, eVSM
- Class Description09/20/2010 : Ouch! Safety First with Integrated Operative Care Orders - taught by Shaun Sullivan MD, Bellingham Anesthesia Associate
- Class Description09/20/2010 : Creating A Culture of Patient Safety: Is it Possible? Is it Sustainable? Is it Worth It? - taught by Richard Shannon MD, University of Pennsylvania
- Class Description09/20/2010 : Music and Happy Hour - taught by Featuring Kellie Lin Knott
- Class Description09/21/2010 : Breakfast - taught by
- Class Description09/21/2010 : Morning Break - taught by
- Class Description09/21/2010 : Box Lunch - taught by
- Class Description09/21/2010 : Music and Happy Hour - taught by
- Class Description09/21/2010 : Lean Concepts in Long-Term Care: A Return on Investment Study - taught by John D. Piccolo, Penn State University
- Class Description09/21/2010 : Lean Strategies in Operating Room Supply Chain - taught by Suzi Collins and Elsa Mersereau
- Class Description09/21/2010 : Integration of an Adaptive Enterprise Framework with Enlightened Lean Thinking at the Frontline - taught by Marc Pierson MD, PeaceHealth
- Class Description09/21/2010 : Lean Strategies in Operating Room Supply Chain - taught by Suzi Collins, InnerSpace & Elsa Mersereau, LHW
- Class Description09/21/2010 : Warning: Signs! From Cautionary Circulars to Proactive Prevention - taught by Mark Graban, Lean Enterprise Institute
- Class Description09/22/2010 : Breakfast - taught by
- Class Description09/22/2010 : Morning Break - taught by
- Class Description09/22/2010 : Box Lunch - taught by
- Class Description09/22/2010 : Speaker Panel Discussion - taught by Cindy Jimmerson, Lean Healthcare West
- Class Description09/22/2010 : Putting Patients First: Adopting Lean in the Saskatchewan Health Care System - taught by Dan Florizone, Saskatchewan Ministry of Health
- Class Description09/22/2010 : Moving to a Problem Solving Organization: Partnering Baldrige Criteria and Lean Concepts - taught by Joni Och, PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center
- Class Description09/22/2010 : A Lean Approach to Information Systems Improvement - taught by Sarah Eslin, Eastern Maine Health & Sue Sheehy, LH