Quality Improvement in Healthcare

Healthcare costs in this nation continue to rise, the supply of nurses is decreasing at the same time demand is rising due to the aging population, low reimbursement rates for Medicaid and Medicare, are all reasons many hospitals are turning to Lean and Six Sigma, disciplines traditionally only found in manufacturing environments. Our guest today is Dean Bliss, Lean Implementation Specialist for the Iowa Health System and Dean will be addressing this and many other healthcare/Quality topics.