Setting a New Sores Standard; Spending Benchmarks

iSixSigma Insights  -  November 5, 2009  -  Vol. 9, #177  -  ISSN: 1530-7603

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Setting a New Sores Standard; Lean Six Sigma Meets Darwin

• Healthcare: "Hospital Project Reduces 'Bed Sores' to an Industry Low"
  When a Houston hospital found it had a 12 percent incidence of pressure ulcers - exceeding the 7 percent national average - it put a team in place and launched a project to reduce the incidence of pressure ulcers by half within a nine-month period.
  http://healthcare.isixsigma.com/library/content/c060412a.asp
  
  
• Software: "Lean Six Sigma Meets Darwin and Market Segmentation"
  Lean Six Sigma - like most things that continue to flourish - evolves. It grows, expands and adapts to fill new niches. Understanding these evolutionary patterns is significant when purchasing Lean Six Sigma services or executing Six Sigma projects.
  http://software.isixsigma.com/library/content/c061011b.asp
  
  

Applying Six Sigma to Six Sigma

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