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THE LEAN SIX SIGMA
PERFUSIONIST TEAM...
Optimizing Open Heart
Operating Rooms
One Hospital at a Time
By Ralph E. Jordan, Founder & CEO
What's Lean Six Sigma? It's a long-term business approach to planning and controls to improve productivity and reduce waste - and it combines a great many techniques.
What's old is new again. The management strategies that transformed the manufacturing industry in the 1980s and the total quality management principles that flooded MBA degree programs at business schools through the 90s... all come back now with new fangled spins relevant to 2011 and beyond. So.. so if you're not familiar with the term "lean six sigma"... I guarantee before long you'll be hearing it everywhere now that you're reading about it.
Just this week the AP issued a news release that in a recent Fox News interview, Republican Party candidate Newt Gingrich said Lean Six Sigma can save government over $500 million. Gingrich is just one of the latest politicians to sign up to campaign group Strong America Now's pledge to get politicians to use Lean Six Sigma to improve government operations.
And Lean Six Sigma is getting acclaim in healthcare, too. By employing proven processes, hospitals are able to boost productivity and reduce waste. I read a report by The American Society for Quality that showed 53% of hospitals are employing strategies considered "some level" of Lean deployment.
I like the term "blackbelt" -- a catchy name attributed to those who have certification in six sigma strategies, are able to train others and who spend full time hours engaged in activities that lead to quality improvements. We may not be a blackbelt, but we're also more than the "wax on-wax off" style that Mr. Miyagi taught the Karate Kid before he got his belt. We're no stranger to Lean Six Sigma at Trident Health Resources, Inc. and we believe when it comes to managing open heart programs, a whole lot more goes into the services we provide than putting a perfusionist behind the pump. Our perfusionists are part of a tightly woven team that helps hospitals save costs and operate efficiently.
I just finished reading a book given to me by a long-time colleague and friend, Kerby Mellot, from the University of California Health System. The book is The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbox (George, Maxey, Rowlands, & Price ) and I recommend it. It's a challenging read that takes out alot of the complexities of management strategies and summarizes some of the most salient techniques that can be implemented in hospital programs.
For superior clinical support, perfusion staffing, and operating room management - CALL Trident Health Resources, Inc.
We can Address Your Specific Needs:
Let Trident help when you need a comprehensive approach that works with YOUR goals for sound management and cost efficiencies in the O.R.
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"Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence."
Erma Bombeck
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New Perfusionists and
The Millennial Generation
Our Poll Remains Open!
We'd like put our thumb on the marketplace and changing demographics of our pool of perfusionist candidates and we'll be posting some interesting data about perfusion students, schools, and trends in the millennial generation (those aged 18 to 30) on Trident's Blog SOON.
Meanwhile, we'd like to hear from employers, supervisors and new recruits, too.... what are the new trends with young perfusionists just starting out? TAKE TRIDENT'S POLL - Click HERE - Just a few questions as conversation starters... more to follow in a future edition of THE HEARTBEAT!
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About Trident
Trident Health Resources, Inc. is an international leader in perfusion contract services and has been under the same management for 23 Consecutive Years. Perfusion management and staffing as well as coordination of supplies and equipment are available on a long-term or locum tenens basis.
Why Trident?
Because the patient always comes first.
Visit our website today at www.tridenthealth.com
1022 Main Street, Q, Dunedin, Florida 34698
Phone: (727) 736-4488 - Fax: (727) 738-9436
Toll free: (800) 888-8408
www.tridenthealth.com
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