More than ever, healthcare organizations are under pressure to counteract rising costs and shrinking budgets, recruit and keep talented employees, boost financial results and improve patient care.

Many healthcare organizations find that Six Sigma and Lean are effective tools to manage these issues and improve metrics across the board. BMG's Executive Overview for Healthcare is specifically designed to answer the questions and meet the industry-specific needs of executives and leaders in the healthcare industry.

During this one-day event, participants will learn the basic concepts and fundamental philosophies behind Six Sigma and Lean. Led by one of BMG's expert trainers and Master Black Belts, students will learn how these methodologies can be applied to the healthcare industry, the impact it can have on healthcare organizations and what it takes to successfully build an infrastructure to support Six Sigma and Lean.

What Participants Learn:

• The definition of Six Sigma and Lean and why they are important to healthcare
• What Six Sigma can do: case studies from hospitals and healthcare organizations
• The DMAIC approach to problem solving and how it can be applied to your organization
• The roles, responsibilities, and requirements for each member of a Six Sigma community
• How to apply statistical analysis tools to problem solving
• How to use Deployment Strategies to drive results
• The journey an organization takes to deploy Six Sigma and Lean and the model it uses for a successful deployment.

Course Length:	One day.
Who should attend:	Healthcare executives, leaders of quality teams and others interested in a basic introduction to Six Sigma and/or Lean.