Lean and Six Sigma Management System

Assessment Description

The purpose of this assignment is to assess how Lean and Lean Six Sigma management strategies are used to improve quality in health care environments.

Continuous quality improvement offers a structured way of thinking about how to influence and transform operations and processes across the health care spectrum. A key component of improving quality is increasing efficiency and reducing waste. Lean management systems (LMS) and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methods encourage this type of streamlining to improve leadership, management, and innovation processes by encouraging a more effective flow of operations within a health care system.  In this assignment, you will be assessing the purpose and use of these methods in a health care context.

Part 1

Create a table comparing the roles of the LMS and the LSS Methodologies.

Part 2

Describe and compare the LMS and the LSS methodologies in a 500- to 750-word summary. Address the following:

• What are the benefits and uses of each system?
• How and why are the LMS and the LSS strategies used to streamline processes within a health care environment?
• How do LMS and LSS influence the ways a health organization allocates and distributes its budget? How do the financial considerations of a health care organization relate to its strategies to improve and sustain quality care?
• Evaluate the relationships between the LMS, the LSS, and continuous quality improvement. How do these models impact, encourage, or influence the ability of a health care organization to provide continuous quality care?

Submit Parts 1 and Part 2 as one deliverable.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

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