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2012 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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Lean Lab White Paper: Driving Up Efficiency And Quality While Driving Down Waste And Cost

In the current healthcare environment, laboratories are faced with unprecedented challenges. bioMerieux and Guidon Performance Solutions are partnering together to help solve these challenges by changing the way laboratories conduct business. This white paper addresses some of the most pressing issues labs are facing and how Lean is being effectively used to overcome those issues.

In this white paper you will learn:

An overview of Lean principles
Why more and more labs are using Lean
7 common areas of waste within a lab environment and how to eliminate the waste
How Children’s National Medical Center used Lean to transform their lab and provide better service to physicians and patients

While Lean Sigma is not a silver bullet for driving business performance improvement, it is a key element of a high-performing business ecosystem which provides the ongoing catalyst to drive innovation while also improving patient and business outcomes.