Articles - Six Sigma in Healthcare en-us http://www.sixsigmaonline.org/articlelive N/A http://www.sixsigmaonline.org/articlelive info@sixsigmaonline.org 20 http://www.sixsigmaonline.org/articlelive/articles/653/1/Improving-Sales-With-Six-Sigma-Training-In-The-Pharmaceutical-Industry/Page1.html The beauty of Six Sigma training lies in its applicability to any industry, be it manufacturing or services. It can bring about improvements in the production process in service centers, defense services, software development projects and many other areas. Its utility for the pharmaceutical industry is also gaining recognition.  info@sixsigmaonline.org (Six Sigma Training Assistant) Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sixsigmaonline.org/articlelive/articles/650/1/Lean-Six-Sigma-Certification-in-the-Health-Care-Industry/Page1.html With rising costs and the reducing reimbursements, as well as the increased customer liability and risk, healthcare providers are finding it difficult to deliver better quality care and increase profitability.  info@sixsigmaonline.org (Six Sigma Training Assistant) Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sixsigmaonline.org/articlelive/articles/577/1/Aligning-Six-Sigma-Training-And-Healthcare/Page1.html One sector which must have zero defects is the Healthcare Sector. Everyone from doctors, patients, healthcare administrators and other medical professionals wish that this sector become perfect, with mistakes entirely eliminated and efficiency improved to maximum extent.  info@sixsigmaonline.org (Six Sigma Training Assistant) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sixsigmaonline.org/articlelive/articles/576/1/Guidelines-For-Six-Sigma-Healthcare-Project-Selection/Page1.html Six Sigma can be an effective approach to the improvement of services by any health care organization. Its utility can be advantageous to the betterment of services like those of the administration department, housekeeping, emergency and operating processes and so on. info@sixsigmaonline.org (Six Sigma Training Assistant) Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sixsigmaonline.org/articlelive/articles/568/1/Measuring-And-Improving-Service-Processes-With-Six-Sigma/Page1.html Services are primary to any organization, be it manufacturing, financial or service sector. Loan processing in financial institutions, the accounts departments in manufacturing companies and recruitment units of all sorts of companies are nothing but the services processes of the organization. info@sixsigmaonline.org (Six Sigma Training Assistant) Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sixsigmaonline.org/articlelive/articles/470/1/How-Useful-is-Six-Sigma-For-The-Medical-Transcription-Businesses/Page1.html Six Sigma may have been originally devised as a quality management system for use in the manufacturing sector, but over the years it has proved so versatile that now even businesses in the services sector have started using Six Sigma to reduce errors and improve the efficiency of their existing business processes. One of the most recent additions to the list of Six Sigma beneficiaries has been the medical transcription business.  info@sixsigmaonline.org (Six Sigma Training Assistant) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sixsigmaonline.org/articlelive/articles/464/1/Using-Six-Sigma-To-Improve-Office-Processes/Page1.html Six Sigma may have been originally devised as a methodology for making improvements in manufacturing processes, but over the years it has proved so versatile that now many businesses have started implementing Six Sigma in the non-manufacturing domains including typical office processes such as sales, purchase, inventory, and others.  info@sixsigmaonline.org (Six Sigma Training Assistant) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sixsigmaonline.org/articlelive/articles/437/1/Can-Six-Sigma-Help-Improve-Clinical-Results/Page1.html Volumes have been written on the benefits that Six Sigma offers to the manufacturing industry and even to emerging services industries, but if you search to find out its applicability in areas such as healthcare, you may not find much information on the subject.  info@sixsigmaonline.org (Six Sigma Training Assistant) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sixsigmaonline.org/articlelive/articles/422/1/Lean-Six-Sigma-Benefits-Pharmaceutical-and-Biotech-Industries/Page1.html Just a few years back, questions were being raised over the applicability of Lean Six Sigma in emerging industries such as pharmaceutical and biotech (P&B) - but with the recent successful deployments of ‘Lean’ by some of the best names in the industry, it has been proven once again that ‘Lean’ concepts are universal and can be applied in any industry.  info@sixsigmaonline.org (Six Sigma Training Assistant) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sixsigmaonline.org/articlelive/articles/393/1/Six-Sigma-Makes-Its-Way-to-the-Contact-Center/Page1.html Contact centers the world over have tried a variety of quality initiatives in the past few years, but sadly most of them have failed to deliver the desired results. The only exception was Six Sigma -it proved to be successful once again by helping contact centers to streamline their operations, reduce costs and increase customer satisfaction.  info@sixsigmaonline.org (Six Sigma Training Assistant) Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500