PatientSIM(TM)

Description:

Sometimes it’s just hard to see the way forward and promises of success from different improvement methodologies lead to confusion in which path to take. Hospital staff burdened with the feeling of “we’ve tried improvement methodologies before, why would anything new help us differently?”

This workshop provides participants with the opportunity to take a clinical process from traditional shortcomings and dysfunction to be Lean and mean. The learning generates enthusiasm in a Leadership or project team and shows just how much can be achieved with just a change in thought processes.

Participants are exposed to some of the Lean-Sigma tools and thought processes that take a broken process to better than World-Class. If you are wishing to try before you buy Lean-Sigma, this is a simple, cost effective way to do so.

Benefits:

• Ideas for making change
• Enthusiasm over what can be done at home process
• Understanding of team dynamics
• Understanding how flow impacts business performance

Key Topics:

• Simulate a traditional patient flow process
• Overview of simple lean tools to identify and eliminate waste in the process
• Demonstrate possible improvements in processes
• Linking patient flow improvements to bottom line enhancing customer satisfaction

Duration:

1 day

Who Should Attend:

Anyone in Healthcare involved in a process with throughput, capacity or resource issues