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Posted June 15, 2006
Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare: e-News
 ASQ Quality Institute for Healthcare: Improving Efficiency
of Delivery Systems
July 31 — August 2, 2006
Get together in Houston with national leaders driving the improvement of healthcare delivery systems for three days of learning and dialogue at ASQ's 2006 Quality Institute for Healthcare. Executives and managers responsible for healthcare process improvement, waste reduction, patient satisfaction and safety, measurement systems, quality management and other critical functions will gain practical knowledge from renowned keynote speakers, workshop leaders and case study presenters.
Keynote speakers and topics include MARY REICH COOPER, M.D., J.D., Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, New York-Presbyterian Hospital speaking on Staying the Course: Conviction and Contradiction and Arnold Milstein, M.D., Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on Health discussing Catalyzing Moore's Law in the U.S. Health Care Industry. In addition, Stephen C. Schoenbaum, M.D., Executive Vice President for Programs, The Commonwealth Fund will address Efficient Patient Care.
To register or for more information on ASQ's Quality Institute for Healthcare, visit ASQ or call 1-800-248-1946.
Blended Six Sigma Green Belt Training for Healthcare
August 2-4, 2006
In a workshop following the ASQ Quality Institute for Healthcare conference, participants will learn Six Sigma Green Belt certificate level tools enabling them to define, collect and analyze data, solve problems and implement systems and procedures to improve the quality of their processes while reducing the costs of providing those services.
The Six Sigma approach emphasizes evidence-based analysis, customer-driven results and an efficient flow of products and services. Six Sigma has been successfully applied in a variety of settings to improve operations, including Emergency Departments' throughput, Laboratory and Radiology cycle times, Operating Suite productivity, drug discovery cycle times, supply chain management, and claims adjudication cycle times and costs as well as infection rates and readmission lengths of stay, etc.
To register or for more information on the post-conference Blended Six Sigma Green Belt Training, visit ASQ or call 1-800-248-1946.
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