021: Improving Quality in Healthcare Operations
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According to quality expert Jarvis Gray, assessing the culture of an organization is one of the first things to consider when improving processes to ensure better quality. As a certified Project Management Professional and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt consultant specializing in healthcare, Jarvis shares some of his favorite tools and techniques for transforming operations to eliminate waste and make for a better and safer patient experience. He reminds us that it’s critical to move past the jargon and look at this for what it actually is – problem-solving. So yes, these are tools and techniques that you can also apply to your small business. Tune in to learn how!
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Special Guest: Jarvis Gray, Sr. Managing Director of The Quality Coaching Company
Air Date: November 18, 2018
Resources
- Quality is Free – book by Philip Crosby
- Definition of “Go to the Gemba”
- American Society for Quality – the “global voice of quality”
- A3 Report Template
- Kaizen Event example
- DOWNTIME and TIM WOODS – animated videos describing these two acronyms for categories of waste to eliminate in your company
- Ten Secrets: A Healthcare Quality Improvement Handbook – the book Jarvis co-authored
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