Lean Six Sigma for Healthcare

Lean and Six Sigma are two powerful performance improvement methodologies that are changing the face of modern healthcare delivery. From the emergency room to the board room, Six Sigma and Lean can reduce variability and waste in your organization, leading to higher value, fewer errors, better processes, improved patient care, greater patient satisfaction rates, and employees/stakeholders who are happier and more productive.

Oriel Incorporated can teach you how to make Lean Six Sigma work for your organization. Using this methodology—in conjunction with other methodologies in which we specialize, such as Process Management, Customer Experience Management, and Risk Management/Error Reduction—our expert healthcare consultants can create a plan tailored to your organization’s particular needs in order to dramatically improve your performance.

Oriel Incorporated has a great deal of experience using Lean Six Sigma and other performance improvement programs to help healthcare organizations like yours resolve critical service issues. Drawing on our experience and our consultants’ expertise, we can help your organization improve its metrics across the board.

The following case studies illustrate different ways Lean and Six Sigma concepts have been used in the healthcare industry. Click to review.

What Can Oriel Incorporated Help You Do?
Health care organizations are turning to these Lean Six Sigma programs to improve patient care, counteract rising costs, enhance employee satisfaction and retention, and boost financial performance. Some of the most popular outcomes we can provide include:

Reduced Costs / Cost Savings

  • Less rework and waste
  • Optimized supply chain management
  • Better financials and higher annual savings
  • Better recruiting and retention power

Stronger Growth

  • Elimination of system redundancies, bottlenecks, and waste
  • A greater ability to address challenges across the system

Increased Patient Satisfaction and Care

  • Reduced wait times and less variation of services provided
  • Safer, more efficient emergency departments
  • Higher satisfaction scores
  • Fewer complaints
  • Fewer prescription errors and medical errors

Increased Physician Satisfaction

  • Dramatically improved throughput
  • Improved processes and reduced redundancies
  • Reduced scheduling delays
  • Fewer physician complaints
  • Higher clinical resource retention
  • Improved working conditions for clinicians and staff

Who We Have Helped

Oriel Incorporated has led many successful improvement deployments in healthcare (including some of the first ever conducted in these organizations). Due to confidentiality, references will be provided upon request. Whether you are just starting to think about applying Six Sigma or Lean in your healthcare environment or want to turbo-charge your current efforts,  Oriel Incorporated can help you every step of the way. Contact us at 1-800-669-8326 to learn more about how our improvement tools can meet your organization’s needs!