Healthcare — Lean Six Sigma articles
In-depth Lean Six Sigma articles for hospital and health-system leaders — patient flow and length-of-stay reduction, OR turnover and surgical throughput, and ED door-to-doctor and LWBS improvement.
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Fixing Hospital Patient Flow with Lean Six Sigma: A Master Black Belt's Length-of-Stay Playbook
Most hospitals are running 85–95% occupancy and treating capacity as a building problem. It isn't. It's a flow problem — and the Lean Six Sigma playbook to fix it is well-established. Here's what actually works, with the numbers a CFO will sign off on.
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Cutting OR Turnover Time with Lean Six Sigma: A Master Black Belt's Surgical Throughput Playbook
OR time costs $50–100 per minute. If your average turnover is 35 minutes and the benchmark is 18, you're leaving real money on the floor every day — and burning surgeon goodwill while you do it. Here's the Lean Six Sigma playbook that actually fixes it.
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Lean Six Sigma in the Emergency Department: A Master Black Belt's Throughput and LWBS Playbook
An ED running 30-minute door-to-doctor and 4% LWBS is bleeding both revenue and patient trust. Both numbers are fixable with structured Lean Six Sigma — but only if you stop treating throughput as a staffing problem. Here's the playbook.
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