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Available On-Demand Event

2012 High Performance Virtual Summit

High Performance Virtual Summit

This year's summit on “Creating Real Change” gives you the opportunity to learn from leaders in healthcare and industries who will share their experiences and perspective on improvement and transformation with an emphasis on what really works.

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New White Paper

Enterprise Risk Management: Proof or Promise?

There is overwhelming consensus among financial services executives that the current risk environment has become significantly more complex, dynamic, and difficult to navigate. Some new mandates are expensive and cut into margins and profitability, so there is a real motivation to not only comply but to more effectively manage the response and cost.

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New Article

AMN Healthcare: Providers Re-engineering Healthcare for Greater Efficiency

With healthcare reimbursement becoming tighter and patients expecting more from their providers, hospitals and other health systems are seeking ways to change processes and become more efficient.

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Implementing Lean Six Sigma in Laboratories

Why Lean Six Sigma in Labs?
The combined Lean Six Sigma toolbox shares a patient-centric, value-based philosophy with rapid-fire deployment methodologies designed to rapidly transform clinical and administrative processes and improved responsiveness to deliver real, bottom-line results. The pace of change in labs today requires new thinking to solve common challenges such as:

  • Increased sample volume and complexity
  • Insufficient skilled staff available (e.g. only 2 incoming microbiology technicians for every 7 retiring)
  • More complex regulatory environment
  • Increased demand for faster results

Lean Six Sigma addresses these challenges and helps labs rapidly identify efficiency and effectiveness improvements with significant, sustainable results.

Labs that have implemented Lean Six Sigma have achieved the following results:

  • A medical reference laboratory improved turnaround time by 54% and cut costs by $250,000 per year
  • A clinical lab achieved a TAT target goal of 95% achieved from 85% a year earlier
  • A hospital lab improved patient satisfaction percentile rank from 15 to >60 within six months
  • A reference lab achieved:
    • Productivity improvement >30%
    • Space savings of >450 sq ft
    • Standardized work practices
    • Reduction in errors and error potential
    • Test turnaround time (CT) reduced by 50%
  • A hospital reduced the footprint for a new lab from 60,000 sq ft to 40,000 sq ft (cost avoidance of $800,000)
  • A blood bank installed a new lab without adding space (cost avoidance of $400,000)

Click here to view our presentation with bioMérieux titled, "An Overview of LeanSigma and Lean Lab Design"

Click here to download a Lean Lab Design Case Study

Contact Guidon About A Custom Solution
To learn more about how custom solutions from Guidon can help your organization, Contact us through our website or call us toll free at 1.866.986.4414 or 480.986.4414 for international calls.