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Executive Healthcare Magazine, Q2, 2010
Bill Nordgren, Flexsim Software Products, Inc., explains how healthcare has gone Master Black Belt, “Staffing issues such as too many patients per nurse, not enough housekeeping personnel and overtime policies all affect the patient length of stay (LOS) and directly increase costs”.
By definition a Master Black Belt (MBB) has been trained as a Six Sigma Black Belt and demonstrated proficiency in statistical tools and expertise in leading and teaching others. Within healthcare organizations, the MBB trains Black Belts and Green Belts, helping to select, scope and mentor projects. MBBs also guide the organization in addressing quality from a strategic business perspective and focusing statistical problem-solving efforts to drive results. In short the MBB is charged with optimizing healthcare processes to insure quality and cost reduction. The MBB is proficient in implementing Lean process techniques to improve the efficiency and cost of processes and activities. If your hospital or hospital group does not have an MBB, it will. And when it does, get ready for change.
Read more at: http://www.executivehm.com/article/Optimizing-healthcare-processes/
