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SBTI Healthcare Webinar Series
Part 2: Using Lean Sigma to Improve Patient Flow and Increase Capacity
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008, 1:00 - 3:00pm EST |
SPEAKERS FOR THIS EVENT:
Dr. Ian Wedgwood, Executive Director, Sigma Breakthrough Technologies, Inc. 
Dr. Richard H. (Rick) Allen, Healthcare Practice Leader, Sigma Breakthrough Technologies, Inc. |
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Using Lean Sigma to Improve Patient Flow and Increase Capacity
With a competitive healthcare marketplace, many providers are focusing efforts to improve the flow of patients while increasing capacity with the notion of gaining higher throughput while maintaining low cost. Since Emergency Departments are representative of many hospital processes in terms of complexity and variability, this workshop will focus on improvement of flow and capacity in an Emergency Department setting. Various case studies from multiple organizations will highlight the application of Lean, Kaizen and Lean Sigma to the Emergency Department processes in minor treatment and acute care. Integration with other hospital functions, such as imaging, laboratory and pharmacy will also be discussed.
Key takeaways include demonstrated improvement in:
- Increasing flow
- Reducing left without being seen
- Reducing length of stay
- Flexibility to demand
This webinar is part of a series sponsored by SBTI
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C-level executives, Vice Presidents, Directors involved with:
- Finance
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Control
- Lean and/or Six Sigma
- Process Excellence
within the Healthcare and Life Sciences industries.
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Dr. Ian Wedgwood, Executive Director, Sigma Breakthrough Technologies, Inc.
Dr. Ian Wedgwood is an Executive Director for SBTI and has over a decade of Lean Sigma experience. He has both led and facilitated a number of deployments in industries as diverse as electronics, engineered materials, medical devices, chemicals, and healthcare, and has trained and mentored numerous Executives, Champions, and Belts in DFSS, Six Sigma, and Lean. Prior to joining SBTI, Ian worked for the global engineering group Invensys PLC. As a Program Manager he was involved in key Projects during strategic acquisitions.
Dr. Wedgwood joined SBTI as a Master Consultant in 2001 and SBTI’s Leadership Team as its first Executive Director in February 2003. He has been the Executive over SBTI’s Healthcare Division since it’s inception in 2003 and has facilitated multiple healthcare deployments including the highly successful deployment at Columbus Regional Hospital. Ian holds a Ph.D. and a First-Class Honors degree in Applied Mathematics from Scotland’s St.Andrew’s University. |
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Dr. Richard H. (Rick) Allen, Healthcare Practice Leader, Sigma Breakthrough Technologies, Inc.
Dr. Allen joined Sigma Breakthrough Technologies in 2006 as Healthcare Program Manager. He has over twenty-five years’ experience in healthcare including direct care providers,
managed care organizations, research, and training. For over 18 years, he led performance improvement programs in healthcare organizations at a corporate level and in 2001 began
successfully integrating the methods and principles of Lean and Six Sigma.
Prior to joining SBTI, Dr. Allen led the performance improvement program in a large, nationwide managed behavioral health care organization. While there, he led several Lean Six Sigma
projects resulting in streamlined credentialing and claims processing as well as reductions of inpatient lengths of stay, resulting in over a million dollars in savings.
Dr. Allen earned a Doctorate in Public Health from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. He also holds an M.A. in Special Education and a B.A. in Psychology, both from the University of Texas at Austin.
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| ABOUT OUR SPONSORING PARTNER: |
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Sigma Breakthrough Technologies, Inc.(SBTI) is an internationally recognized consulting firm for enterprise-wide business process solutions. SBTI offers an expansive portfolio of products and services to improve businesses in all disciplines at all levels. SBTI has assisted companies in a variety of industries including healthcare, chemical manufacturing, assembly, transportation, power generation and distribution. Some of SBTI’s customers include Fairchild Semiconductor, Boston Scientific, PPG and Florida Power & Light. SBTI is headquartered with training facilities in Central Texas, with offices in New Jersey and four international offices serving a host of multinational clients.
For more information visit http://www.sbtionline.com/ |
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