Danielle Lavallee, Senior Healthcare Consultant, Lean Hospitals, LLC and Tom Marsan, e-Health Project Manager, Children’s Medical Center Dallas to Lead Discussion
CARY, NC (October 6, 2009) - Ultimus, Inc., a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) Solutions, will host a webcast focusing on the steps to achieving a lean hospital through operational efficiencies. Danielle Lavallee will share how lean principles can be used to improve patient care, reduce costs, and realize efficiencies in hospitals and highlight Best Practices as you embark upon implementing lean healthcare. Tom Marsan will discuss how Children’s Medical Center of Dallas has applied lean practices and Business Process Management Software (BPM) to automate processes, significantly reduce errors in their day-to-day operations, and what their future plans to leverage technology in other areas of their facility.
Topics include:
- How “lean thinking” can fit into your hospital’s Best Practices for lean healthcare
- Actual experiences and areas where hospitals have seen the most success with lean initiatives
- Real examples of how BPM software has been used to achieve operational efficiencies in hospitals
- Lessons learned and common pitfalls when implementing lean principles
- Why EHR alone will not achieve maximum efficiency
About the speakers:
Danielle Lavallee, PharmD, PhD, Senior Healthcare Consultant, Lean and Six Sigma, is a consultant and facilitator for Lean Hospitals, a consulting company that works exclusively with healthcare organizations. She has a wide range of project experience implementing both lean and six sigma principles. Danielle is committed to providing healthcare organizations with the specific knowledge that allows them to successfully implement lean and six sigma methodologies to reduce costs, enhance revenue, and increase productivity.
Tom Marsan, e-Health Project Manager, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, manages large-scale Information Services capital projects. Tom has been on the forefront of making Children’s Medical Center of Dallas a technologically leading hospital. Formerly the Director of Business Process Reengineering at First USA/Paymentech, Tom has 20+ years of experience leveraging technology to streamline business operations. He holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering degrees in Operations Research and Information Engineering, and an M.B.A. all from Cornell University.
