Seattle Hosts New Lean Healthcare Workshops by Nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute

Cambridge, Mass., March 29, 2010 — Four Seattle workshops, including three new ones, from
the nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) will help hospitals and healthcare organizations
implement lean thinking business concepts to fundamentally improve the way healthcare is
delivered by using the principles of continuous improvement and process redesign to remove
waste and improve quality.

The four healthcare workshops are part of a series of 11 sessions being run by LEI from May 11-
13, 2010, at the Marriott Seattle Airport on how to implement lean principles in healthcare and
administrative processes. Registration is open now at
http://www.lean.org/workshops/workshopcalendar.cfm?cureventid=54

Lean Healthcare Workshops

- New! Improving Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety through Lean Methods, May 11, 2010.
Tuition: $800.
http://www.lean.org/Workshops/WorkshopDescription.cfm?WorkshopId=47

- New! Supporting Healthcare Leader Standard Work with Visual Management Tools, May 11.
Tuition: $800.
http://www.lean.org/Workshops/WorkshopDescription.cfm?WorkshopId=50

- Value-Stream Mapping for Healthcare, May 12. Tuition: $800.

http://www.lean.org/Workshops/WorkshopDescription.cfm?WorkshopId=35

- New! Open Access: Improving Patient Access to Ambulatory Care Using Lean Thinking, May
13. Tuition: $800.
http://www.lean.org/Workshops/WorkshopDescription.cfm?WorkshopId=51

Tuition Discounts
Prices include tuition, all training materials, breakfast, lunch, and snacks each day. Discounts are
available for taking multiple classes or sending multiple persons. For complete course
descriptions and information about registration, discounts, and schedules visit
http://www.lean.org/workshops/workshopcalendar.cfm?cureventid=54, call 617- 871-2900, or
email registrar@lean.org .

What is Lean Healthcare?

http://www.healthcarevalueleaders.org/what_is_lean_in_healthcare.cfm
Healthcare professionals often ask how lean, a methodology associated primarily with
manufacturing industries, can apply in healthcare. Lean is not just a set of tools for improving
quality in a factory - it is a set of methods, principles, and philosophies that form a complete
management system. Lean can be applied in any setting where work is done, employees face
problems, and people lead or manage others, and this includes healthcare. Lean supports the
purpose of any healthcare organization - providing the best patient care using the minimum
number of resources.

Lean Enterprise Institute

http://www.lean.org/
Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc., was founded in 1997 by management expert James P. Womack,
Ph.D., as a nonprofit research, education, publishing, and conference company with a mission to
advance lean thinking around the world. We teach courses, hold management seminars, write
and publish books and workbooks, and organize public and private conferences. We use the
surplus revenues from these activities to conduct research projects and support other lean
initiatives such as the Lean Education Academic Network, the Lean Global Network and the
Healthcare Value Leaders Network. Visit LEI at http://www.lean.org for more information.

Media: Chet Marchwinski, cmarchwinski@lean.org, (617) 871-2930