Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Cohort 6 Project Summaries

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 (Central Line Blood Infections)

Team: Freeman Health System — Joyce Setser, Performance Improvement Analyst, and Chelsea Mertens, Infection Prevention Coordinator

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Antibiotic Administration to Severely Septic Patients

Team: Christian Hospital Northeast — Brianna Hanks, Senior Clinical Quality Consultant, and Catrice Parke-Stacy, Performance Improvement Consultant

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Hand Hygiene

Team: Lake Regional Health System — Ashley Mikles, Director of Progressive Care Director, and Mariah Swinker, Director of Home Health & Hospice

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Purposeful Rounding

Team: Mosaic Life Care — Lana Taylor, Patient Safety Manager, and Elizabeth Mitchell, Quality Improvement Consultant

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Reduction of Respiratory Readmissions by Discharge Process

Team: Perry County Health System — Susan Randolph, Quality Manager, and Carla Barber, Process Improvement Nurse

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Scheduling Efficiencies

Team: Phelps Health — Katherine Ramsay, LEAN/Quality Improvement Specialist, and Kimberly Roach, Registered Nurse

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Patient Intake Improvement

Team: Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital — Colleen Nickelson, RMA/Clinical Resource Coordinator, and Nic Wyatt, Central Billing Office Director

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Moving Clinical Trials Upstream

Team: University of Missouri, School of Medicine — Tami Day, Performance Improvement Professional, and Britlyn Brown, Clinical Research Nurse

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