Healthcare

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The goal of this assignment is to demonstrate your acquired skill set by completing a simple A3 Form using what you have learned in this course.  Your assignment is to diagram and describe a familiar, but wasteful process, preferably using a healthcare-related process; however, absent a healthcare example, you may  use any process with which

Please follow the link below to read the article about using a Value Stream Map to evaluate a  process in a physician’s office. Lummus, R, Vokurka, R. & Rodeghiero. (September 2006) Improving quality thought value stream mapping: a case study of a physician’s clinic. Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 17(8): 1063-1075. DOI: 10.1080/14783360600748091.Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232900833_Improving_Quality_through_Value_Stream_Mapping_A_Case_Study_of_a_Physician’s_Clinic. Accessed

This lecture describes forming an A3 team and developing a problem statement. A3 Unit 1 from Laboratory Learning Solutions on Vimeo. The team composition is critical to the success of the team.  Without adequate representation from all parties with a vested interest, the problem analysis and solution development steps may, in the end, break processes

In this unit, methods for clearly understanding and describing the current condition are presented.  Without a clear understanding of the current state, teams may find themselves solving the wrong problem.  Some studies estimate that 70% of improvement teams fail to realize and hold the gains that come from the team’s work.  It is possible that

Unit 3 focuses on problem identification and analysis.  The lecture is the longest in the series, but the information covered is essential to identifying the best area of focus for the team’s time and resources. Most of the time in healthcare, errors are blamed on humans, but in fact, less than 20% of causes can