Expert training for healthcare, with emphasis on the diagnostic laboratory.

Expert training for healthcare, with emphasis on the diagnostic laboratory.

Brainbuster Series

BBSLOE: Kaizen and why it’s important in the Laboratory

Course Description: Kaizen is a term coined by the Lean transformation discipline to mean continuous improvement across all silos and all levels of staff. Kaizen, a Japanese word, is translated as change (“Kai”) for the better (“Zen”) and refers to daily small improvements and adjustments that collectively add up to ground-breaking excellence. In this course […]

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BBMSL A3: Standardize the Process

Standard Work is one of the fundamental concepts in Lean—without standard work, any gains will be short-lived.  Taiichi Ohno said that, “Where there is no standard, there can be no Kaizen.”  Standard work and Kaizen work hand-in-hand to continuously and iteratively drive improvement, but more about that in a minute. First, we need to define Standard work.  There are a number of

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Value Stream Mapping in the Laboratory. Why is this concept important?

Course Description: Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a Lean concept, tool and method to analyze the current state of a process at a 10,000 foot view. This exercise is important to execute before actual change can take place. Through this course you will learn the concept of Value Stream Mapping and based on your laboratory workflow, you

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