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Lean Green Belt

This 13-week Lean Healthcare Green Belt program provides an understanding on the theory and also the efficient application of Lean healthcare tools, practices, and concepts. Commitment and support for Lean in any organization needs to come from the top down for support, and from the bottom up for implementation. With this in mind, the certification program is appropriate for a diverse range of healthcare employees. These employees may work for any organization within the healthcare sector and include:

  • Hospital executives (CFO, CEO, COO, or vice presidents)
  • Department directors
  • Healthcare staff (consultants, RNs, therapists, and so on)
  • Service staff (Finance, Administration, Nutritional Services, Quality, Supply Chain, and so on)

Upon successful completion of the Lean Green Belt certification program, professionals will achieve proficiency in both understanding and applying the concepts, tools, and practices associated with Lean Healthcare.

Testimonial

The Lean Green Belt Program has enhanced the skills of my staff in their knowledge of Lean. The course provided a comprehensive synopsis of Lean Thinking and its application to healthcare. This was invaluable, especially the case histories. The assignments allowed us to initiate Lean projects within our organization with the support of extraordinary industry experts. A very rewarding and engaging experience for the learner and the organization!

Workflow Improvement Manager, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC

Please email info@leanscm.com to obtain current pricing for online and instructor-led programs. Please note that special group rates apply.

This program is certified by the Daniels College of Business, University of Denver. Students who successfully complete the program will receive a Lean Healthcare Green Belt certificate from the College, as well as 10 continuing education units (CEUs) and continuing professional education (CPE) credits (code b units) upon request.

The Lean Green Belt certification program is made up of the following nine lessons:

1. Lean Thinking
2. Lean Tools and Practices I
3. Lean Tools and Practices II
4. Value Stream Mapping
5. Kaizen
6. 5S
7. Introducing Lean Sigma
8. Change and Project Management Fundamentals for Lean
9. The Roadmap to Lean Implementation

The program is available as an online learning program for individuals and therefore can be undertaken from any location with Internet access. Participants receive access to a Learning Management System portal from where they can log in at any time and launch each lesson, take practice exams, view and download online resources, and interact with fellow students and experts via a Lean discussion forum. Expert mentoring support via email is also provided from this portal.

The program can equally be delivered as an onsite program in your facility. A Leading Edge Group facilitator will spend five days on site and impart a practical and project-based learning approach to the certification process. Maximum classroom size is 14.

Testimonial

Completing the Lean Healthcare Green Belt was an excellent adjunct to my Lean team experiences in the laboratory at Red Deer Regional Hospital Center. The online modular course offered by The Leading Edge Group was user friendly, comprehensive, and covered all aspects of Lean principles and tools to bolster our knowledge of Lean.

Senior Regional Manager Site Operations, Nutrition and Food Services, David Thomson Health Region, BC

To attain certification, participants need to complete a project and a final online examination. The project is worth 50% of the overall certification mark and can have a customized focus whereby participants target an area within their organization and leverage the Lean tools and practices covered in the program to initiate and/or implement physical improvements.

Having completed their project and all the lessons that make up the program, participants will need to undertake a final online examination worth 50% of the overall certification mark.

The following are examples of some of the savings achieved by participants on the Lean Healthcare Green Belt program:

  • Infusion pump cleaning process – cleaning turnaround time reduced by 47%; excess travel reduced by 70%; C$60K saved in cost avoidance
  • Hot production process at a food service center – >300% cost and labor savings gained
  • Pharmacy department order, processing, and delivery of medications – reduced need for replacement dose request fax form between pharmacy and nursing by 25%; reduced turnaround time from 199 minutes average to 58 minutes average
  • Medical oncology unit medical appointments process – reduced arrival and registration time by 23%
  • Physiotherapy practice referral system – C$32k revenue increase, thanks to increased patient throughput
  • Improvement in specimen handling – 5% error reduction within 30 days and 90% within 60 days
  • Reduction in lead time involved in preparing gynecological day patients for theater – 41 minutes reduction
  • Reduction in operating room cancellations – 36-40% over a two month period

The benefits for both the individual staff member and organization are significant.

Individuals

  • Immediate entry to a flexible self-paced program that can be completed over a time period suitable to your specific requirements
  • Learn to apply Lean tools and techniques whilst achieving a global and professionally recognized Lean certification
  • Recognition and career enhancement for new found knowledge and skills that are relevant within the organization and beyond

Organization

  • Ability to achieve significant process improvements for the benefit of the patient and organization
  • Gain a common language and standard for Lean throughout the company

Testimonial

Interior Health has put a number of staff through the Lean Healthcare Green Belt program. Our participants have found the content to be relevant to the healthcare environment, and the online component allows our staff to become certified on their own timelines. Lean is not something you can learn from a book, and this program’s project-based curriculum allows participants to apply the theory to relevant projects within their portfolio immediately.

As Lean ‘students’, our schedules and priorities change daily and The Leading Edge Group’s flexibility in deadlines and delivery has been crucial to our continued involvement in this learning opportunity. This Lean Healthcare Green Belt program is an excellent start to any Lean journey.

Leader, Lean Transformation Fund Project, Interior Health, Kelowna, BC

To find out more about pricing and group rates, please email info@leanscm.com

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