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Quality Improvement, Healthcare, Pediatrics, L6s Blog

Quality Improvement: Project Improves Utilization in Epilepsy

January 27, 2017
Thought Leader - L6s
Case Studies, Lean Six Sigma
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According to a recent report published in Pediatrics, a quality improvement project can reduce the frequency of emergency department and/or hospital visits by children with epilepsy. Lean Six Sigma is the perfect tool to make changes in deeply embedded institutional processes and breathe life into new, more efficient processes.

Employee Performance: Leaders Must Establish Trust

January 23, 2017
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Business, Leadership
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Trust is the glue that holds together human relationships. Whether professional or personal, building and maintaining a level of trust between people is crucial. We know that in a personal relationship, when trust is lost, the relationship also goes away. There is a direct correlation between trust and willingness to endorse their organization.

Presidential Inauguration, Election, Constitution, L6s Blog

Presidential Inauguration: Respecting the Republic

January 20, 2017
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News and Trends
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Our republic demands of its citizens the peaceful transition of power. Inauguration Day is a day that opponents from all sides gather to witness the outgoing president hand over the power of the presidency to a new administration. We peacefully transitioned power and set the example for other democracies to follow.

Case Study, Emergency Department, Lean Six Sigma L6s Blog

Case Study: Use of Lean Practices in the Emergency Department

January 16, 2017
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Case Studies, Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma
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With the practice of Lean methodology in healthcare emerging across the industry, the question was raised about the value of the methodology as applied to Emergency Departments (ED) of hospitals. A recent Institute of Medicine Report on Emergency Medicine warns of a looming crisis in emergency care in the US.

Entrepreneurs, Business, Leadership, L6s Blog

Entrepreneurs: Are They a Dying Breed in America?

January 14, 2017
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Business, News and Trends
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The thought of entrepreneurs being a dying breed is a terrifying notion. This country and our economic strength was built on the backs of bold entrepreneurs. It is the American dream to earn a living and make enough money to start a business, then build an empire. But is the ability to become an entrepreneur a dying dream in the United States?