07.26.22
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Cohort 5 Project Summaries
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Jessica Stultz
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- Process Improvement
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MHA sponsored a selected group of hospital care providers on their journey to earn Green Belts through A3 Healthcare’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Program. After an application process, two-person teams from each facility were accepted into the program. The teams completed extensive project deliverables, trainings, coaching calls and application of methodologies by finishing a hospital-based improvement project.
The cohort teams share their projects and pearls of excellence below. Please see the brief recordings to learn more from your colleagues across the state.
CLABSI Reduction
Organizational Reduction of CLABSI To Meet National Benchmark Standards and Reduce Monetary Waste
Team: North Kansas City Hospital — Jenni Kent, Nursing Director, and Julie Johnson, Nursing Director
Reducing CLABSI Infection Rate
Team: Phelps Health — Brandy Parks, Nursing Shift Manager, and Preston Hodapp, Lean/Quality Improvement Specialist
CLABSI Reduction in Oncology Patients
Team: SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital — Michelle Engle, Infection Preventionist, and Stacy Kuykendall, Quality Improvement Coordinator
Hospital-Acquired COVID-19 Reduction
Reducing Hospital-Acquired COVID-19
Team: Salem Memorial District Hospital — Jack Linthicum, Cardiopulmonary Director, and Steve Lake, Utilization Review Coordinator
Sepsis Bundle Improvement
Emergency Department — 3 Hour Sepsis Bundle Process
Team: Boone Health Center — Jose Velarde, Lead Process Improvement Engineer, and Rojina Basnet, Data Quality Analyst
Improving Our Sepsis Bundle Compliance
Team: St. Joseph Medical Center — George Mitchell, Manager of Performance Improvement/Risk Management, and Teresa Collins, Regional Chief Nursing Officer
Clostridium difficile SIR Reduction
Clostridium difficile SIR Reduction via BPA Compliance
Team: Mercy Hospital St. Louis — Patti Warden, Senior Infection Prevention Specialist, and Sara Ottensmeyer, Quality Improvement Specialist
Admission Time Improvement
Admission Time from ED to MedSurg
Team: Mercy Hospital Carthage — Mindi Wilks, Manager – Operations, and April Hansen, Manager – Quality
Urinalysis Utilization Improvement
Appropriate Urinalysis Utilization
Team: Christian Hospital, BJC Healthcare — Cassie Pedersen, Performance Improvement Consultant, and Christina Lorch, Senior Performance Improvement Consultant
Urgent Care Improvement
Urgent Care Throughput
Team: Mercy Hospital Lincoln — Stacy Veit, Quality Improvement Manager, and Jacob Kliethermes, Executive Director of Nursing