(Juran Institute: Southbury, CT) -- The Juran Healthcare team had two improvement project presentations accepted for the WCBF 11th Annual Lean, Six Sigma, and Process Improvement in Healthcare Summit, which took place in New Orleans, May 15–18, 2012. The project presentations were an example of the Juran Institute’s work in a systemwide process-redesign initiative to prepare a children’s hospital for implementing an electronic health-record system.

The process redesign and transformation was led by Mary Beth Edmond, executive vice president and senior nurse executive at Juran Healthcare. Tracey King, Ph.D., a registered nurse and Healthcare Practice Nurse Consultant, represented the Juran Healthcare team and facilitated the poster presentations at the summit.

Familiar with the issues, language, and protocols for hospitals, Juran Healthcare is skilled at involving physicians, leaders, staff, and other critical hospital personnel in all phases of implementing a process excellence system. The theme of the summit this year was “Healthcare Transformation to Achieve and Sustain Excellence—Culture, Leadership, and the Impact of Government-Initiated Reform.”

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