Agenda
Monday, October 6, 2008
| 7:15am | Opening Remarks | |
| 7:45am - 8:45am | Steven Spear, PhD Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement and author of "Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System," Harvard Business Review (1999) |
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| 9:00am - 10:00am | J. Michael Rona, Co-founder Rona Consulting Group and former President of the Virginia Mason Medical Center | |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Refreshment Break | |
| 10:30am - 11:30am | Barbara Bires, RN, Strategic Improvement Consultant, Miami Valley Hospital and Margo Rubertus, Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton and former Strategic Improvement Consultant, Miami Valley Hospital | |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm | Discussion | |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00pm - 5:00pm | Lean Healthcare Fundamentals | |
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
| 7:00am - 7:50am | Leadership Forum | |
| 8:00am - 9:00am | Naida Grunden, President, Naida Grunden LLC Medical Communications and author The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare | |
| 9:00am - 10:00am | Dean Bliss, Lean Improvement Specialist, Iowa Health System and Sarah Pavelka, Senior Staff Member, Iowa Quality Center and Faculty Member, College of Health Science, Des Moines University | |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Refreshment Break | |
| 10:30am - 11:30am | Carol Lepper, President, Lean Healthcare Solutions and former Director of Lean Operations, Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwestern Regional Medical Center | |
| 11:30am - 12:15pm | Patrick Anderson, Executive Director, Chugachmiut | |
| 12:15pm - 1:00pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00am - 5:00pm | Value Stream Mapping | |
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
| 7:00am-7:50am | Leadership Forum | |
| 8:00am - 9:00am | Donald D. Storey, MD, Senior Medical Consultant, Rona Consulting Group and Former National Medical Director for High Performance Networks, Aetna Insurance and Patti Chrome, RN, Principal, Rona Consulting Group and former Senior Vice President, and Clinic Administrator, Virginia Mason Medical Center | |
| 9:00am - 10:00am | Janice Midcap, Vice President of Quality St. Joseph’s Hospital, Signature Hospital Corporation |
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| 10:00am - 10:30am | Refreshment Break | |
| 10:30am - 11:30am | Roger Noble, Healthcare Quality Process Improvement Manager, Shriners Hospital for Children | |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm | Discussion | |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00pm - 5:00pm | Visual Healthcare (5S+2) | Self-Directed Work Teams |
Thursday, October 9, 2008
| 7:00am-7:50am | Leadership Forum | |
| 8:00am - 9:00am | Loraine Lightfoot, Chief Nursing Officer and Scott Boyers, CFO, Wooster Community Hospital | |
| 9:00am - 10:00am | Mark Graban, Senior Lean Consultant, ValuMetrix and author of Lean Hospitals | |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Refreshment Break | |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | How to Run a Kaizen Promotion Office | Lean in the Emergency Department (A Simulation) |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00pm - 5:00pm | Standard Work | |
| 5:15pm - 6:45pm | How to Run a Kaizen Promotion Office | Lean in the Emergency Department (A Simulation) |
Friday, October 10, 2008
| 7:00am - 7:50am | Leadership Forum | |
| 8:00am - 12:00pm | Strategic Planning and Project Management Using the A3 System | |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Wrap up | |


