Applying Lean Six Sigma methodologies to improve efficiency, timeliness of care, and quality of care in an internal medicine residency clinic

D Fischman - Quality Management in Healthcare, 2010 - journals.lww.com
… Lean Six Sigma methodologies were employed to study workflow processes, patient-physician
familiarity, and appointment compliance to improve continuity of care in an internal …

[PDF][PDF] The effect of using Six Sigma methodologies on the quality of health service: a field study at Prince Hashem hospital/city of Aqaba

MSY ALmasarweh… - Journal of Social …, 2016 - centreofexcellence.net
… ) in the quality of health services. This study concludes that six sigma and quality of health
… by senior management six sigma style and customer care through improving health service …

The use of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies in surgery: a systematic review

SE Mason, CR Nicolay, A Darzi - The Surgeon, 2015 - Elsevier
… This systematic review aimed to explore the use and utility of both Lean and Six Sigma QI
methodologies in the improvement of patient care within surgery. As a result of the …

Linking Six Sigma to simulation: a new roadmap to improve the quality of patient care

G Celano, A Costa, S Fichera… - … of health care quality …, 2012 - emerald.com
… out quality improvement programs. This paper proposes an innovative approach to bridge
the gap and enrich the Six Sigma toolbox of quality … and DMAIC methodologies to achieve a …

Who moved my Sigma… effective implementation of the Six Sigma methodology to hospitals

GW Frings, L Grant - Quality and Reliability Engineering …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
… In this paper, we have identified and examined four patient care processes for which
implementation of Six Sigma strategies would improve efficiency and quality of patient care. We …

Assessing the evidence of Six Sigma and Lean in the health care industry

JL DelliFraine, JR Langabeer… - Quality Management in …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
… of statistical methods for measuring and analyzing quality in the … area of quality improvement
(QI) in health care because of … of health care organizations to improve quality of care. With …

Lean and Six Sigma in acute care: a systematic review of reviews

S Deblois, L Lepanto - International journal of health care quality …, 2016 - emerald.com
… settings, monitoring the implementation of interventions based on Lean and/or Six Sigma
methods, were included. Narrative reviews (Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University …

Lean Six Sigma in health care and the challenge of implementation of Six Sigma methodologies at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center

C Pocha - Quality Management in Healthcare, 2010 - journals.lww.com
… journey of implementing Six Sigma methodology at a tertiary care medical center. Many …
and innovative ways how health care can be delivered. Six Sigma incorporated as part of the “…

Optimizing nursing time in a day care unit: Quality improvement using Lean Six Sigma methodology

C Davies, C Lyons, R Whyte - … Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… Six Sigma (LSS) to improve the efficiency of a private hospital day care unit and generate a
positive impact on optimizing nursing time and improving personalized patient care and staff …

The use of six sigma in health care management: are we using it to its full potential?

JL DelliFraine, Z Wang, D McCaughey… - Quality Management …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
sigma level. This review demonstrates that there are significant gaps in the Six Sigma health
care quality … The health care industry has been slow to adopt manufacturing methods, and …