Official website here! Healthcare and the mid-Atlantic region will be well-represented at this year's Kata Summit (aka KataCon)! Skip Steward, the Chief Improvement Officer at Baptist Memorial Healthcare will be co-hosting. An example of "going beyond the starter kata" from Meritus will be shared. Other notable presenters with ties to healthcare and the mid-Atlantic region include: Mini Keynotes: Experimenting toward the Target Condition -Jeff Kopenitz, DE Valley Industrial Resource Cente...

Meritus Health will be hosting the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) on March 6th 2018. Please use the link below to know more about the event and register. http://www.ame.org/event/improvement-kata  

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 &...

This month, Sara Abshari and Eileen Jaskuta presented to a packed room this month at the AME conference, the largest lean conference in the world! The theme this year was "Get Engaged."  Furthermore, Roxanne Rosendale and her team from the 5 East Med/Surg/Palliative care unit were highlighted in an article by Mark Rosenthal in the Fall issue of AME's Target magazine. Summary of the learning session from AME's website:  Hear about Meritus' six-year journey and how its approach evolved t...

Hanover Hospital will be hosting the next Lean Healthcare Consortia meeting scheduled for Thursday, November 2nd, starting at 8:30 am.  Please see tentative topics and agenda below. Topics: Bringing ED soiled and clean utility areas into JCAHO compliance: A Kata Across Departments- Alison Brennan (Kata Coach), Dawn Olsen (Director CSS), Tara Slagle (Manager ED), Lisa Docimo (Clinical Leader ED) Central Sterile Processing: Reducing work in progress at the end of shifts- Dawn Olson (Di...

In late June 2017, Meritus hospital hosted their 5th annual lean celebration. All staff involved in process improvement and Kata were invited to share their stories by creating poster boards to showcase the transformational work they have accomplished. Almost 30 departments (inpatient and outpatient) attended and presented their Kata work impacting all aspects of the organizational strategic goals. The lean celebration is a time for staff to shine and be recognized for their hard work throughout...

AUGUST - LEAN HEALTHCARE CONSORTIA MEETING To All, Frederick Regional Health System will be hosting the next Lean Healthcare Consortia Meeting scheduled for Thursday, August 31st starting at 8:30 a.m. We will meet at entrance 1 of Frederick Memorial Hospital. Below, is the proposed agenda. If there are any request for agenda topics please let us know. We will try to accommodate your request.PROPOSED AGENDA: ________________________________________ Activity Time Breakfast & Networking      ...

July 7, 2017 8:30am – 1:00pmSystem Support Building Conference Rooms 6 & 7 220 Campus Boulevard Winchester, VA 22601Agenda I. Breakfast & Networking 8:30 am to 9:00 amII. Welcome 9:00 am to 9:15 am Jim Carty, Director of Management Engineering   a. Opening Remarks   b. IntroductionsIII. LEAN Facilitator Recognition 9:15 am to 9:30 amIV. Valley Health LEAN Classes 9:30 am to 10:15 am LEAN Management Engineers   a. Ball SimulationV. Break 10:15 am to 10:30 amVI. EBAM 10:30 am to 10:4...

Hello, Meritus Health will be hosting the next Lean Healthcare Consortia meeting scheduled for Monday, April 24th, starting at 9:00 am at Meritus Medical Center, 11110 Medical Campus Road, Hagerstown, MD 21742, in Robinwood Room 142. Please see updated agenda below. 9:00 am to 9:30 am - Welcome and Networking Breakfast (Introduction) 9:30 am to 9:40 am - Personal Connection Kata 9:40 am to 9:50 am - Surgical Kata 9:55 am to 10:00 am - Clinical Trials Patient Enrollment Kata ...