News from November, 2007

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22nd November, 2007

Amnis, with our partners DNV, has been pioneering a new approach to Lean in healthcare for some time.  Our messages are simple; lean is just one of a number of improvement tools you can choose to transform your organisation and if you are going to invest the time, resources and energy into making the change in the first place, it makes sense to do that in a way that is sustainable, safe and responsible.  The video below outlines the key components of this approach.  Take a few minutes to review it, download the eBooks and contact us at any time if you feel that your organisation could

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13th November, 2007

As with my post of yesterday, I was chatting today with a friend who is leading an Acute Trust's drive to achieve Foundation Status and she made a statement which I thought would make an interesting post about Lean Healthcare.

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12th November, 2007

I was chatting with the SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) Guru John Galvin today and he told me an anecdote which I am going to shamelessly steal and use to emphasise the difference in the way Lean Healthcare Programmes are deployed inside organisations.

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11th November, 2007

Next week is another interesting week in the world of Lean Healthcare. Mental Health Trusts have started to realise that Lean also has applications in their arena and we are meeting with a further two trusts during the week (although I personally won't be going as I am working for most of the week in an Acute Trust).

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10th November, 2007

As my last post outlined, I have had a very interesting Lean Healthcare Week and wanted to share the main lessons with you!

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4th November, 2007

Rather than provide some new insight, I thought I would summarise my plans for next week:

Monday: A Scoping Session for a Lean Healthcare Programme in the Acute Sector (focused on Outpatients) and this will be followed by a meeting with the CEO (the Scoping Session is part of a major programme of activity we are undertaking).

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3rd November, 2007

Service improvement teams are an absolute and essential asset to any Healthcare organisations. With so many organisations looking for excellent people who have the right skills, the right attitude and the right approach it is not surprising that quite a few are struggling to recruit the few people who completely fit the bill.

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2nd November, 2007

Whilst it is essential in most healthcare organisations to reduce their operating costs and ensure they provide a value for money service but it is difficult to engage front-line staff is that is the only focus of your improvement efforts.

Indeed, the best thing to do is to focus your improvement activities on improving patient safety, patient experience and clinical outcomes as improvements in these areas will generate improvements in organisational effectiveness and costs whilst also being more motivational for your front-line staff.

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1st November, 2007

I was working with an Acute Trust earlier this week and we were discussing other improvement programmes that have occurred in the past in their organisation and the negative impact that these improvement activities have had on Patient Safety.

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