Continuous quality improvement offers a structured way of thinking about how to influence and transform operations and processes across the health care spectrum. A key component of improving quality is increasing efficiency and reducing waste. Lean management systems (LMS) and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methods encourage this type of streamlining to improve leadership, management, and innovation processes by encouraging a more effective flow of operations within a health care system. In this assignment, you will be assessing the purpose and use of these methods in a health care context.
Part 1
Create a table comparing the roles of the LMS and the LSS Methodologies.
Part 2
Describe and compare the LMS and the LSS methodologies in a 500- to 750-word summary. Address the following:
· What are the benefits and uses of each system?
· How and why are the LMS and the LSS strategies used to streamline processes within a health care environment?
· How do LMS and LSS influence the ways a health organization allocates and distributes its budget? How do the financial considerations of a health care organization relate to its strategies to improve and sustain quality care?
· Evaluate the relationships between the LMS, the LSS, and continuous quality improvement. How do these models impact, encourage, or influence the ability of a health care organization to provide continuous quality care?
Submit Parts 1 and Part 2 as one deliverable.
