Lean and Patient Safety: The Perfect Perioperative Partners

Lean and Patient Safety: The Perfect Perioperative Partners

Friday, October 2, 2020 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM · 30 min. (Africa/Abidjan)
On Demand
OR Manager

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Unprecedented times present unique opportunities. We all know how the pandemic has disrupted perioperative and elective services. The pandemic is challenging us, but it has also presented us with an opportunity to evaluate many processes during the re-start of surgical service lines. As you re-deploy you will find many opportunities for improvement. You have the ability with the right approach to improve quality, staff and surgeon satisfaction, patient satisfaction, flow, and expense.

How do you take advantage of this moment in time to identify the challenges that have plagued your OR for years, create logical plans, and finally implement solutions that work? During this free webinar, we will share Lean tools and methodologies that can help you attain a future state that is better than the pre-pandemic normal. You will learn straightforward Lean practices, tips, and tools that can help you improve perioperative services for the benefit of all. Discussion will also include case study examples of how Lean thinking can work to improve the effectiveness of your OR, every day, for everyone.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Recognize the opportunities for perioperative services improvement now and moving forward through the pandemic.
  2. Learn about Lean methodology and tools that can be deployed in any OR and SPD.
  3. Understand from case study examples how successful Lean interventions can be implemented and consistently reproduced. 
Sponsored by:
Operational Performance Solutions, Inc.Operational Performance Solutions, Inc (OPS) is a well regarded Lean process improvement consulting and training company, with a long history of successful engagements in the healthcare industry. If you are interested in improving quality,  employee and patient satisfaction and decreasing errors and cost, then we should meet.  OPS' Lean methodology approach to process improvement is to identify waste, and through the systematic elimination of waste improve quality, decrease errors and decrease cost.  Estimates are that 20-30% of healthcare dollars are wasted.  OPS recognizes these opportunities in healthcare and is committed to assisting organizations in becoming high reliability organizations by developing a continuous improvement culture. Our highly experienced performance improvement specialists work shoulder-to-shoulder with customers to help them implement actionable and measurable strategies and tactics to achieve and sustain superior performance.  Our work is focused on helping clients to build a culture that continuously improves key performance indicators in quality, safety, staff and customer satisfaction and expense reduction. An essential element of our mission is to help build a culture and leadership structure that empowers front-line employees and staff to contribute directly to continuous improvement as an integral pat of their work. Their contribution to the organization is indispensable and supports organizational success.  From the outset of each engagement, we focus on helping our clients achieve a significant return on their investment in our work. The company's work is based on its core values which include: Treating all people with dignity and respect Exhibit unimpeachable integrity in all matters Go above and beyond the call to help our customers succeed Be a respository of knowledge and best practices Be a model of cultural transparency and accountability Empower team members and provide unparalleled opportunities to learn In summary, OPS works to help healthcare organizations achieve operational excellence defined as superior performance in quality, safety, responsiveness, patient satisfaction, employee moral and cost.  We can help, especially during these challenging times.