FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2nd Annual LEAN in Healthcare: Building the Capacity for a Sustainable System
Dear Colleague:
Interest in the application of lean principles to healthcare service delivery is continuing to gain momentum as increasing numbers of hospitals and other health service providers see positive results once they adopt this methodology. Although ideally implemented in a ‘top down’ fashion to an entire organization at once, most of those who have tried it have done so in a ‘staged’ approach, beginning with the ED or the lab, almost as an experiment using very few resources. Despite the limited application, organizations are amazed at the transformative results obtained. Lean is often described as ‘common sense’ – which is obviously not so common or many of the methods involved would have already been employed, and wait times for some medical services would not be as long.
Recognizing that efficiencies gained at the front end of patient throughput only moves problems further down the chain, many of the early adopters have moved to apply lean throughout the entire organization in order to gain the full benefit of their initial success. A major stumbling block in applying lean throughout the organization is in attempting to transfer knowledge gained by one employee to others. Lean introduces a new way of thinking; communicating this, and introducing the culture change that comes with it is often very difficult. This Insight conference will provide examples of the successful adoption of lean principles from different organizations as well as an in-depth view of how to successfully tackle the first hurdle of communicating lean methodology and culture to others in your organization.
There are several different organizations across Canada currently engaged in transforming their processes with lean. This conference produced by Insight is an exceptional opportunity to hear what other medical professionals are doing with lean and how they are adapting and applying lean as it continues to gain ground in Canada’s healthcare sector. It’s one you won’t want to miss.
Sincerely,
Larry Coté
President
Kaizen Institute Lean Advisors Inc.
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