Northbrook, IL (PressExposure) August 16, 2010 -- The same lean principles that have saved countless businesses enormous time, energy, and money can revolutionize hospitals and other medical care delivery organizations. That's the word from Willie Carter, a Lean Sensei and expert on implementing Lean in service and manufacturing industries.
Quantum Associates, Inc developed its lean health care transformation program specifically to help hospitals meet the challenges of improving patient satisfaction while simultaneously reducing costs and increasing productivity.
According to Willie Carter, President of Quantum Associates, "medical clinics, laboratories and hospitals need to become more efficient so they can get back to their raison d etre, helping patients. The same lean principles that have saved countless manufacturing and services businesses enormous time, energy, and money can revolutionize the health care industry."
"In developing our Lean health care program we relied heavily on our years of experience in implementing Lean Process Improvement strategies in the manufacturing and service industries. Lean does not discriminate, it can be applied to the both the administrative and clinical side of a hospital's operation," says Carter.
The Lean healthcare transformation program does more than provide the tools and technical methods it also addresses the cultural change required to transform the hospital to a Lean health care provider. "Our lean health care transformation program is designed to improve medical care delivery processes to make patients happier, improve employee morale and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the hospital's processes," according to Carter.