Preparing for a reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) improvement program requires a well-defined process and team-based approach. The foundation of any improvement program is the business assessment ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Results of the largest U.S. outpatient heart failure clinical study show that implementation of a process improvement program significantly improved adherence to ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- Saving millions of dollars, the recipients of this year's Lean Six Sigma excellence awards reduced processing times, improved health of the force and increased ...

American’s Learning and Improvement Team logs observations of line pilot operations to help determine how flight crews interact and manage both common and unusual tasks. Credit: American Airlines A ...

Charles Brandon has always been interested in math and puzzles. As a young boy, he enjoyed puzzles and then developed an interest in Sudoku and crossword. That interest eventually led him to the field ...

Physician burnout is a frontline challenge of US health care, with estimates suggesting a burnout rate approaching 50 percent among practicing physicians. The organizational drivers of burnout in ...

There is a common lean phrase, “Bad systems beat good people.” Sometimes it is attributed to Dr. W. Edwards Deming although it isn’t actually his quote. I’ve used it for 20 years but couldn’t tell you ...

TIDI Products, LLC, a leading manufacturer of clinically differentiated, single-use, infection-prevention products, today announced the successful launch of its TIDIShield™ EyeSplash Zero™ process ...

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) report disproportionally worse cancer mortality. Current global cancer control efforts focus predominantly on expanding access to multimodality treatment for ...

A rapid cycle improvement approach was used to optimize GI referrals to the CR program. Barriers to CR referral were identified through a literature review and informal interviews of GI clinicians.