Hello Everyone, The date for the February Consortia meeting is February 15th at Wellspan Gettysburg Hospital. The hospital is located at 147 Gettys Street, Gettysburg, PA. Please see updated agenda below.               0830 - 0900: Arrival and networking (coffees and pastries) - Community Room A               0900 -  0915: Overview of the Wellspan Daily Management System  (How elements of our system                                         support staff problem solving) - Community Room A  ...

Good afternoon.  The Lean Promotion Office at Summit Health is excited to host the December 8th Regional Health Care Consortia. Please RSVP to bswartz@summithealth.org Agenda: 0830 – 0900 – Breakfast and Networking 0900 – 0930 – Welcome to Summit Health Strategic Plan and BTO’s 0930 – 0945 – Discuss upcoming Lean Consortia “Conference” – Sara and Luann 0945 – 1045 – Lean Daily Management initiatives 1045 – 1145 - Round Robin discussion of current projects and the latest &...

Quick Safety   Managing neonatal abstinence syndrome Issue: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) is a drug withdrawal syndrome experienced shortly after birth by infants who were exposed to opioids in utero. Symptoms of NAS include hyperirritability, excessive crying, poor sleep, poor feeding, diarrhea, hypertonia and tremors. Other symptoms include autonomic instability, poor sucking reflex, and in some cases, seizures. This issue has grown substantially over the last decad...