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Lean Healthcare Transformation for Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Hospitals

Foundations of Improvement Management

Value Stream Management

Operational Excellence

CONTACTBrian Hudson, MS, SSBB, Senior Advisor-LeanPurdue Healthcare Advisors(765) 496-0099; hudsonbw@purdue.edu

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Leadership development in a lean organization; project identi�cation and selection; coaching; quantifying project impact; metrics development.

Utilizing value streams for a systematic approach to improvement; strategic planning; gemba walks.

Improving care delivery while systematically reducing cost; waste reduction.

CRITICAL ACCESS and RURAL HOSPITALS

In keeping with Purdue University’s mission of outreach and engagement, Purdue Healthcare Advisors strives to work with smaller, under-resourced healthcare organizations to prepare them for change.

Our Lean First approach to sustainable process improvement involves three vital building blocks to help Critical Access and Rural Hospitals incorporate Lean best practices hospital-wide.