A community hospital's journey into Lean Six Sigma.
The implementation of Lean Six Sigma and 100-day workouts throughout the 304-bed Floyd Medical Center community hospital organization has led to sustainable results and a marked change in culture. The organization-wide learning of such an effort is deep and intehse, and to remain focused and successful it must be a priority of top management. The workout methodology can assist the organization to carry projects to completion and to achieve rapid implementation of desired improvements.
Floyd Medical Center, Rome, Georgia, USA.
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Stuenkel
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Faulkner
D019985:Benchmarking / Q000379:methods*; D005845:Georgia; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000592:standards*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017749:Total Quality Management