title: Six Sigma: adapting GE's lessons to health care.
abstract: By using a manufacturing management approach to improving quality and efficiency, a New Jersey health system is transforming its culture of quality and seeing highly positive results.
authors.affiliation: Virtua Healthcare, Marlton, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Ettinger
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000592:standards*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009515:New Jersey; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*; D014341:Trustees