Employee news articles 

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Tag Team TLC: Lean Nursing - 5B Internal Medicine Bedside Report Project

UMHS Pathology improves workflow using lean processes

Darrell “Skip” Campbell Jr., M.D., Henry King Ransom Professor of Surgery, and chief of staff and senior associate director of U-M Hospitals and Health Centers, conducted his milestone 100th patient safety round.

The Joint Commission publishes 2008 National Patient Safety Goals

UMHS Materiel Services & Cardiovascular Center go lean; the results: improved teamwork, increased efficiency and saved resources.

UMHS Canton Health Center tackles responsiveness to patient calls in lean quality project.

UMHS Food Service Manager creates a safe workplace for those who feed our patients 2,000 meals a day.

Radiation Oncology:  A lean Michigan Quality System Machine: Radiation Oncology embarks on multiple lean thinking projects to improve systems for patients, and increases faculty and staff satisfaction.

CVC thinks lean: 17 lean quality projects were involved in activating CVC.

What is cultural competency? A patient’s health beliefs and communication style play critical roles in health care.

Every word has meaning: Actors help staff learn how to communicate traumatic or unsettling news.

Michigan Quality System in action: Seamless efficiency improves patient experience.

Safe patient handling initiative: Preliminary pilot results show how the use of simple equipment can have great impact on safety. 

Preparing for the worst: How the Health System prepares for natural disasters, biothreats.

Ambulatory Care Services goes lean; Ordering tests and sharing results will get a whole lot easier.

U-M-CareLink gets ready to take off! Orders Management Project prepares to launch the Health System’s new electronic ordering system. 

On target with DART: Safety Management Services is making the U-M Hospitals and Health Centers safer, healthier and more environmentally responsible places to work.

A mission in safety: Maintaining patient safety supports the Michigan Difference. 

Lean thinking and the Michigan Quality System: Health System leadership has adapted the principles of lean thinking into its own Michigan Quality System.