Reduction of Surgical Site Infections Using Lean Ochsner Health Case Study

By AHRMM

Nattie Leger, Director of Nursing Pursuit of Value, discusses how Ochsner significantly reduced their 2015 surgical site infections rate and a substantial cost avoidance using an interdisciplinary and methodical Lean approach.

Related Resources

Toolkits/Methodology
This AHRMM tool covers how health care supply chain professionals should prepare for disasters, with the input from various disciplines.
Webcast
Teresa Dail, chief supply chain officer, VUMC and 2018 AHRMM board chair, shares AHRMM’s definition of clinical integration and why a clinical
Webcast
This short webcast reviews the strengths of pharmacy and supply chain to explore how they can partner to improve patient safety, patient heal
Toolkits/Methodology
As health care organizations evolve, their strategies to include population health, the total cost, episode and subsequently value of care pr
Webcast
In this short webcast, Dena Jackson, vice president, Clinical Supply Chain, Providence St.