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Carolyn Pexton wrote a new post, Overcoming the Barriers to Change in Healthcare System 10 years, 4 months ago
Research has shown that 95 percent of diets fail over the long term. Oddly enough, various studies show that 60 to 80 percent of major change initiatives also fail. In both cases, it is certainly not for lack of […]
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Carolyn Pexton wrote a new post, Healthcare Quality Initiatives: The Role of Leadership 10 years, 4 months ago
A distinguished panel of healthcare executives recently shared their thoughts on the importance of leaders taking an active and visible role in their organization’s quality initiatives. They also agreed on the […]
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Carolyn Pexton wrote a new post, Communication Strategies for Six Sigma Initiatives 10 years, 5 months ago
Making the decision to bring Six Sigma into your organization is just the first step on a long journey. Although this approach has proven successful for a variety of industries (including manufacturing, […]
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Carolyn Pexton wrote a new post, Aligning Six Sigma with Organizational Strategies 10 years, 5 months ago
Demonstrating clear alignment between Six Sigma projects and a healthcare organization’s strategic imperatives, vision or mission has been an elusive exercise for many organizations.
Judging from a random […]
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Carolyn Pexton wrote a new post, Awards Help Set Standards for Healthcare Excellence 10 years, 5 months ago
A growing number of healthcare organizations are striving to differentiate themselves by seeking awards and recognition. Hospitals vie for coveted positions on lists of top hospitals from U.S. News and World […]
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Carolyn Pexton wrote a new post, Using Six Sigma to Reduce Pressure Ulcers at a Hospital 10 years, 6 months ago
A Book Preview
This article is an exclusive preview from Improving Healthcare Quality and Cost with Six Sigma. The book includes information on methods and implementation, along with a variety of case studies […] -
Carolyn Pexton wrote a new post, Strategies for Improving Patient Safety in the Hospital 10 years, 6 months ago
The fact that patients are not entirely safe in a hospital is not breaking news. Errors in healthcare delivery were occurring long before the 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine exposed significant gaps in […]
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Carolyn Pexton wrote a new post, Ideas for Achieving Higher Reliability in Healthcare 10 years, 7 months ago
As startling as the 1999 report from the Institute of Medicine was – estimating that medical errors may cause 98,000 deaths annually – a new national study indicates the problem may actually be much worse. […]
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Carolyn Pexton wrote a new post, Applying Six Sigma to Improve Diagnostic Imaging 10 years, 7 months ago
Since the discovery of X-rays in 1895, the field of diagnostic imaging has undergone dramatic changes. Within a year after its introduction, the application of X-rays to diagnosis and therapy had already become an […]
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Carolyn Pexton changed their profile picture 10 years, 7 months ago
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Carolyn Pexton wrote a new post, Start Now with 10 Keys to Successful Transformation 10 years, 7 months ago
There is no need for another survey to confirm what healthcare professionals already know – healthcare delivery is overdue for a major renovation. New management models and strategies must be adopted that […]
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Carolyn Pexton changed their profile picture 10 years, 7 months ago
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Carolyn Pexton replied to the topic Pressure ulcers in the forum Healthcare 14 years, 11 months ago
Nancy – can you email me at [email protected], and I’ll see if the hospital involved is willing to share their form?
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Carolyn Pexton replied to the topic Green Belt for Healthcare in the forum Healthcare 15 years ago
GE Healthcare does offer Green Belt training for healthcare and other services through its Performance Solutions consulting group.
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Carolyn Pexton replied to the topic DMAIC Examples for Hospital? in the forum Healthcare 15 years, 1 month ago
Link works, though it might take a minute to come up on the screen because it’s a large presentation.
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Carolyn Pexton replied to the topic DMAIC Examples for Hospital? in the forum Healthcare 15 years, 2 months ago
Hi Yvonne – if you send me an email I will try to send back a couple other healthcare DMAIC project examples. My email is [email protected].
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Carolyn Pexton replied to the topic DMAIC Examples for Hospital? in the forum Healthcare 15 years, 2 months ago
There have been many excellent and detailed DMAIC projects shared at conferences over the past few years. As one example, here is a link to a presentation on a cardiac med administration project: http://www.ehcca.com/presentations/qualitycolloquium3/mcgann_1c.ppt. Let me know if there are specific types of projects you’re interested in, and I may…[Read more]
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Carolyn Pexton replied to the topic Pressure Ulcers in the forum Healthcare 15 years, 2 months ago
There is also an article on pressure ulcers that was published in Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare – here’s a link: http://www.psqh.com/marapr06/sixsigma.html
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Carolyn Pexton replied to the topic Balanced scorecard in the forum Healthcare 15 years, 5 months ago
There have been many clinical Six Sigma projects including initiatives aimed at reducing medical errors–I will send you a couple articles as examples. Hospitals are using Six Sigma to reduce surgical site infections and bloodstream infections, eliminate medication errors, reduce pressure ulcers and address ventilator-associated pneumonia. Any…[Read more]
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