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By Aaron Vaught, Manager of Marketing, FormFast

Amid growing pressures to reduce costs, increase patient safety, and boost compliance, hospital administrators are discovering a need to devote more attention to process improvement measures. Many hospitals are looking to other industries, such as manufacturing, and implementing methodologies like Lean and Six Sigma to help maximize operational efficiency and quality. Others are turning to solution providers to give them the tools to help execute positive process change. In many cases, a combination of implementing fresh approaches, new software tools, and guidance from outside consultants are part of an organization's strategy.

As a leading provider of workflow automation technologies for healthcare, FormFast focuses on delivering solutions that empower hospital stakeholders to improve their processes enterprise-wide. As part of their free educational webinar series, FormFast assembled a panel of hospital leaders from across the country to share how their process improvement programs have made an impact at their organizations. The panel included:

• Revonda Cornell — Geisinger Health System
• Amy Wang — Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital
• Kathy Holzmacher — Stony Brook University Medical Center
• Brad Thornton — Covenant Health System
• Anthony Joseph Toglia — Fremont-Rideout Health Group

Led in discussion by Ken Congdon, Editor in Chief, of Healthcare Technology Online, the panel presented steps they took to identify areas where improvement was critical, what actions were established to address them, and what the positive outcomes they experienced as a result. Access This Content To Read This Article In Its Entirety And View The Recorded Webinar.