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2016 SHIP Lean Training: Part 2

Event Details

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Host:

National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center)

Downloads & Links

Slide Deck

Slide Deck (PDF Document - 73 pages)

Mini-Project Overview

Mini-Project Overview (PDF Document - 10 pages)

Quick Guide to A3 Problem Solving

Quick Guide to A3 Problem Solving (PDF Document - 9 pages)

5S Forms

5S Forms (PDF Document - 9 pages)

Lean Project Charter Template

Lean Project Charter Template (Word - 4 pages)

Webinar Playback (Adobe Flash)

Duration: 62 min

Through funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, the National Rural Health Resource Center coordinated a no-cost Lean health care training and mini-project for 30 Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP) eligible hospitals in 2016.

The second webinar in the three-part educational series provides an overview of the following Lean tools:

Value-Stream Mapping
5S Worksite Organization
A3 Problem Solving
Standard Work

Specific references to the training course, including links to external sites, within the webinar and the accompanying materials may be disregarded.

Speakers

John Roberts, Chief Executive Officer and President, Midwest Health Consultants
Sarah Brinkman, Program Specialist, National Rural Health Resource Center

Related Resources:

Past SHIP Webinar

2016 SHIP Lean Training: Part 1

January 12, 2016

The first webinar in the three-part educational series for SHIP-eligible hospitals in 2016 covers the Principles of Lean Healthcare, the eight areas of waste and the voice of the customer.

Past SHIP Webinar

2016 SHIP Lean Training: Part 3

March 22, 2016

The final webinar in the three-part educational series for SHIP-eligible hospitals in 2016 covers Lean culture transformation, Lean measurement and metrics, and how to initiate Lean projects or events.

This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB1RH24206, Information Services to Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Grantees, $1,100,000 (0% financed with nongovernmental sources). This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.