Over at advanceweb.com, there’s an interesting conversation between two people. They are talking about process improvement and that for many companies, the procedure often involves Six Sigma.
Some snippets:
- The methodology that most health care organizations are adopting is Six Sigma.
- With the focus on reducing medical errors and increasing patient safety, it makes sense to me that the health care industry look to the lessons of the manufacturing industry for methods of improving processes and achieving very low error rates.
- Six Sigma stands apart from other process improvement methods because it focuses on reducing variability thereby reducing errors or achieving defect free products or services. It’s seems like the perfect methodology to apply in reducing medical errors in our country.
- The use of Six Sigma in the manufacturing environment has resulted in significant improvements in quality from which we as consumers have benefited. As I understand it, the focus is on defect prevention as opposed to defect detection.
Continue reading about the tool and methodologies for the 21st century, which of course involves Six Sigma.
