Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare: Six Sigma

Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare: Six SigmaFaced with serious cost and quality issues, healthcare providers have increasingly looked at methods like Six Sigma to take their improvement efforts to a higher level. Some hospitals have been on this journey for several years, and are now able to share their experiences, results, and the lessons learned along the way.

Why Six Sigma? A variety of factors have propelled this movement, including the need for a more rigorous approach to ensuring quality — one that extends beyond the quality department, and actually becomes a foundation for creating a culture of excellence throughout the organization.