Lean Healthcare Tools and Practices
All short courses are delivered 100% online and structured to fit the schedules of busy professionals.
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Why this program?
This course introduces value stream Mapping, standard work, 5S, and visual management and how each is applied across a variety of health settings. The course offers a real life case study involving Leading Edge Group consultants applying some of these tools at a large primary care clinic to increase its efficiency and productivity, and to meet patient needs. A relevant health sector case study provides a context for the concepts taught and course learnings are reinforced through review questions at the end.
Who is this program for?
This program is aimed at health professionals such as Quality Administrators, Registered Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Laboratory Technologists and Program Managers from organizations across the health sector including hospitals, health authorities, mental health and addictions, youth services, long term care, public and community health.
Learn From Leaders
All our Lean Healthcare belt programs are developed and delivered by accomplished Lean Healthcare and clinical experts. Experts who have worked at the coalface and have tangible experience putting theory to practical use in real world environments.
Shrikant Kelkar
With over 10 years of experience working with multiple Fortune 500 companies across Asia, Europe and North America, Shrikant has coached teams on strategy development, process improvement using Lean methodologies, and has helped build high performing teams at the front line. A mechanical engineer, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and a co-active life coach, Shrikant developed his passion for continuous improvement and Lean thinking whilst working at FedEx in the Middle East in a strategy...
Lean methodology includes a set of tools, principles, and practices that help healthcare and other organizations improve efficiency, and quality, and reduce waste. This course introduces some key Lean tools and concepts used in day-to-day management of healthcare organizations. It overviews Kaizen, POUS, and spaghetti diagrams, and the everyday use and benefits of these tools in healthcare. The course goes on to discuss perhaps the most important Lean tool – Value Stream Mapping, and how it is performed in healthcare. Next, standard work, 5S, and Visual Management are presented, along with healthcare examples and illustrations. Finally, the course offers a real-life case study involving Leading Edge Group consultants applying some of these tools at a large primary care clinic to increase its efficiency and productivity, and to meet patient needs.
2 hours
Intermediate
Program Fees & Enrolment
The program fees per region are outlined below. All prices are exclusive of tax.
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Any questions?
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North America - Canada
60 St. Clair Avenue East Suite 805,
Toronto, ON,
M4T 1N5,
Canada
Tel: +1 (416) 637 5074