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Develop an understanding of Lean and what it means for health organizations, their staff, patients and communities.

Through this program, you will develop an understanding and appreciation of Lean and its applicability across the health sector. This program enables participants to recognize the processes and activities that are providing value and quality care for patients and those which are wasteful and contributing to inefficient services and dissatisfaction.

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Expect to drive real change and transformation across your organization. This program is accredited and validated against stringent external standards.

Black Belt, Green Belt, and Yellow Belt programs also available.

Why this Program?

Over 10,000 health professionals from major organizations such as Extendicare, Toronto Public Health and Vancouver Coastal Health have successfully completed our Lean Healthcare Belt Programs. Here are some of the reasons why.

Developed & delivered by Lean Healthcare Experts & Accomplished Clinical Experts.
Qualification in 8 hours or less.
A cost-effective way of establishing a basic understanding and awareness of Lean across a large team.
Aligned with ISO 18404 standards.
Provides a foundation to build a culture of Lean across the organization.
Flexibility to complete within 1 month.

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Who is this program for?

This program is aimed at health professionals starting their Lean journey including Administrative Assistants, Quality Administrators, Research/Business Analysts, Public Health Dieticians/Nutritionists, Health Policy Specialists, Registered Nurses and Physicians from organizations across the health sector including hospitals, health authorities, mental health and addictions, youth services, long term care, public and community health.

Program content & structure

The Lean Healthcare White Belt program is made up of four courses. Upon completion, participants will receive a Lean Healthcare White Belt certificate.

Block 1

An Introduction to Lean

What is Lean and why apply it?
Goals and origins of Lean
Application of Lean in healthcare
A Lean improvement system

Block 2

Lean Principles

Lean and continuous improvement
Lean principles
Value stream, flow, pull, and perfection in healthcare
Creating value in healthcare

Block 3

Applying Lean in Healthcare

Key issues in healthcare
Healthcare cost, quality, and value
Creating value by managing processes
Scope of Lean application in healthcare

Block 4

Identifying Wastes

Healthcare and waste overview
The concept of value in Lean
Lean classification of wastes and Gemba walk
Identifying waste across healthcare systems

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Learn from leaders

All our Lean Healthcare belt programs are developed and delivered by accomplished Lean Healthcare and clinical experts. Experts who have worked at the coalface and have tangible experience putting theory to practical use in real world environments.

Dwight Bryan

Dwight is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with over 20 years experience across healthcare, pharmaceuticals, retail, medical devices and logistics with a focus on administrative as well as operational processes. He has held lead roles in the deployment of Lean Six Sigma transformations at Cardinal Health and Novo Nordisk.

Dwight has utilized his Lean Six Sigma process improvement skills to enhance complex, cross-functional business processes that impact quality and customer satisfaction. He has a passion for problem solving and uses humour to engage staff and management in leveraging Lean Six Sigma tools to implement high impact solutions. Clients and partners include Nova Scotia Health Authority; Diabetes Canada; AstraZeneca; Unisource and Eli Lilly.