Are there Management Engineering-Process Improvement (ME-PI) professionals in your healthcare organization? How can you identify them? These individuals may not be visible like a CEO, but they play an important role in helping administration control operating costs and maximize the effectiveness of available resources. They might never touch a patient, but they influence the efficiency with which medical and professional staff provide care while minimizing the chance of error. They might not recommend new services, but they provide valuable information that can help organizations make strategic decisions about a new service's financial impact, actual cost and trends.
The footprints of ME-PI in an organization can be found in gains in productivity and revenue, increases in process and quality outcomes, and decreases in costs and inefficiencies.
Management Engineering and Process Improvement Programs
There are a variety of ME-PI approaches/programs that can significantly improve the performance of today’s healthcare organization. The most well known are:
Six Sigma
Six Sigma focuses on reducing performance variance (such as the time at which routine lab results are reported each morning). It is comprised of analytic tools and management techniques to form breakthrough improvements in performance.
Lean
Lean focuses on reducing the time to accomplish work (such as the time it takes to produce a lab result). It too is comprised of specific analytic tools and management techniques to form breakthrough improvements in business performance.
Now can you identify the management engineering and process improvement professionals in your organization?Whether you actually see them or not, your organization will definitely recognize the results of their efforts in improved patient care and a healthier bottom line.
Value of Management Engineering and Process Improvement
What is a Management Engineer or Process Improvement Professional?
About the ME/PI Professional