Cambridge Nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute Offers New Lean Healthcare Workshop

Cambridge, Mass., March 29, 2010 — Workshops from the nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute
(LEI) in Cambridge, MA, 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.

Registration is open now at http://www.lean.org/Workshops/WorkshopCalendar.cfm

Lean Healthcare Workshops

- New! Key Concepts of Lean in Healthcare, April 19-20, 2010, at the Lean Enterprise Institute,
Cambridge, MA. Tuition: $1600.
http://www.lean.org/Workshops/WorkshopDescription.cfm?WorkshopId=37

- Value-Stream Mapping for Healthcare, April 21, at the Lean Enterprise Institute, Cambridge,
MA. Tuition: $800.
http://www.lean.org/Workshops/WorkshopDescription.cfm?WorkshopId=35

Tuition Discounts
Prices includes 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, call 617- 871-2900, or email
registrar@lean.org .

For driving instructions to LEI at One Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA, visit:
http://www.lean.org/WhoWeAre/ContactUs.cfm

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

Who should attend

front-line clinical or professional staff, physicians, managers, and senior leaders who
want an understanding of the total scope of implementing lean in a healthcare setting;
cross-functional and cross-level teams are encouraged to attend together.

healthcare executive, physician, nurse, allied health, environmental services, or other healthcare
administrator who wants to move your organization to become a safer, more effective and
efficient provider of patient care.

These organizations include community hospitals, academic medical centers, primary care
clinics, dental practices, and other healthcare settings

will help hospitals, labs, clinics, and other healthcare providers save costs and improve quality

Healthcare reform is forcing hospitals, labs, clinics, and other healthcare providers to find ways
to save costs and improve quality. Instead of eliminating critical services or trimming key staff, a
growing number of leading healthcare providers are turning to lean management concepts
pioneered by industry to identify and eliminate waste. The benefit: healthcare costs come down,
quality goes up, healthcare staff and doctors have more time to spend with patients, who get
better care.

It is focused on

Healthcare costs are rising too quickly and too many preventable errors occur in most hospitals
around the world. We strongly believe the "lean" methodology is our best hope for improving
quality while truly reducing waste and excessive costs, thus increasing the value provided by our
healthcare systems. Today, a number of leading organizations are demonstrating they can
provide better value through proven and tested process improvement methods. These
organizations include community hospitals, academic medical centers, primary care clinics,
dental practices, and other healthcare settings