Ensuring efficient admissions, discharge and bed management processes is vital to a healthcare organization’s bottom line. Hear proven strategies for using Lean to improve patient care procedures throughout the complete hospital throughput process.

It's been no easy feat for health care organizations to juggle reducing costs with improving patient safety and care. It's been particularly difficult in light of the ever shifting changes that the industry now faces. Achieving greater operational excellence can go a long way in helping health care organizations to accomplish this task.

WCBF’s Lean Six Sigma and Process Excellence in Healthcare Summit is the largest gathering of senior executives responsible for deploying Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare. Presenting an unrivalled global speaker panel, the Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement in Healthcare Summit forecasts over 400 senior-level attendees, delivering unparalleled networking and learning opportunities. Featured Keynote: Dr Gary Kaplan, Chairman and CEO, Virginia Mason Health System. Virginia Mason is considered to be the national leader in deploying the Toyota Production System to health care management — reducing the high costs of health care while improving quality, safety and efficiency to deliver better,…

Course Description: This two-day seminar provides information and techniques for handling human resources practices legally and effectively. Beginning with an overall audit of human resources practices, this seminar covers legal requirements, employment policies, employee record maintenance, employment practices, performance management, discipline and terminations. Each section will give proactive measures and best practices to assure the organization has equitable and effective human resource management. Who Will Benefit: - Vice Presidents, Directors, & Managers of Human Resources - Employment Managers, Chief Talent Officers, Recruiters - Employee Relations Professionals - HR Coordinators/Supervisors/Administrators - HR Analysts - Supervisors - Auditors

All pharmaceutical, biologics, and medical device facilities are likely to have high purity water systems. In spite of this purity, microorganisms can flourish within these systems and lead to undesirable contamination of facility processes and their products. Of all the individuals at the facility who should understand the microorganisms in water systems and how best to monitor and control and them, it should be the site’s microbiologists. Sadly, this is often not the case due to the lack of familiarity with biofilm and its impact on water system sampling, testing, sanitization, and routine maintenance. This course is designed to provide…

All pharmaceutical, biologics, and medical device facilities are likely to have high purity water systems. In spite of this purity, microorganisms can flourish within these systems and lead to undesirable contamination of facility processes and their products. Of all the individuals at the facility who should understand the microorganisms in water systems and how best to monitor and control and them, it should be the site’s microbiologists. Sadly, this is often not the case due to the lack of familiarity with biofilm and its impact on water system sampling, testing, sanitization, and routine maintenance. This course is designed to provide…

This webinar will teach you a methodology to perform experiments in an optimal fashion and review the common types of experimental designs and techniques. You will learn to develop predictive models to describe the effects that variables have on one or more responses and utilize predictive models to develop optimal solutions. Why Should You Attend: Experimentation is frequently performed using trial and error approaches which are extremely inefficient and rarely lead to optimal solutions. Furthermore, when it’s desired to understand the effect of multiple variables on an outcome (response), “one-factor-at-a-time” trials are often performed. Not only is this approach inefficient,…

This webinar will show how you can use failure data to predict expected future failures, proactively drive quality and reliability improvement and react quickly to emerging issues. Why Should You Attend: Manufacturers design and develop products based on an expected product lifetime. Many manufacturers conduct extensive reliability testing to minimize the risk that products will fail prematurely. Despite these efforts, unexpected failures occur due to design flaws, manufacturing process changes, or a misunderstanding of the product use environment. Premature failures alienate customers and significantly impair brand and company reputations. Failure data may be easily modeled to forecast future failures and…

This OSHA inspection webinar will cover aspects of an OSHA inspection from how establishments are targeted, how to limit the scope of an inspection or investigation, how not to self-incriminate, and when and how to appeal. Why Should You Attend: An OSHA inspection can be a costly and disruptive experience for any employer, especially if that employer has not dealt with the Agency, does not have an in-house safety professional or attorney. An OSHA inspection that goes badly essentially says the employer has a defective safety program, is not sufficiently focused on the safety and health of its employees, or…

This 90-minute OSHA Recordkeeping training class will incorporate the lessons learned from OSHA’s recent Interpretation Letters into the existing OSHA recordkeeping analysis as well as OSHA’s current Frequently Asked Questions. In this interactive program, OSHA recordkeeping scenarios will be used so that the rules articulated in the recent Interpretation Letters can be applied to real-life factual situations that arise in your work environments. Why Should You Attend: OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping compliance is a point of emphasis for OSHA, and the recordkeeping regulations are frequently cited by the Agency. In addition to providing instruction on how to apply the…

This Validation of Bioanalytical Methods and Procedures training will demonstrate how to validate bioanalytical methods and procedures, in analytical laboratories, for FDA compliance. Why Should You Attend: Analyzing biological fluids is one on the most difficult tasks in analytical laboratories. Most challenging are interferences from matrices and decomposition products combined with low concentrations of analytes. Correct validation of bioanalytical methods according to recent FDA and industry recommendations ensures reliability, consistency and accuracy of bioanalytical data. But because of the difficult nature of the analysis there are many questions.. This seminar will demonstrate how to validate bioanalytical methods and procedures for…

This 6-hr virtual seminar will review analytical procedures used in assessing quality, safety and efficacy of drug products. It will cover the ICH and USP guidelines for procedure validation and help you ensure robust validation of analytical procedures for drug substances and products. Why Should You Attend: This 6-hr training will examine the analytical tools used throughout a drug product life cycle. There is a broad range of assays and techniques used to measure the quality, safety and efficacy of a drug substance or a drug product. The training will challenge attendees to give thoughtful evaluation of their current strategies…

The Arts Diplomacy Festival 2012 will explore how the arts can be used to change theory into practice and express, create and improve social awareness and diplomatic relations. The arts include a variety of mediums through which emotions and culture can be expressed: music, art, literature and sports, to name only a few. The program will examine how the arts can be used within the field of cultural diplomacy to initiate intercultural dialogue and cooperation through movement, thought and active expression. The Arts Diplomacy Festival 2012 is the brainchild of Cultural Diplomacy in Practice (CDP), a department within the Institute…

Designed for NHS Transport Managers and those leading the drive to implement a travel plan, this unique seminar will share in-depth insight into how to ensure your policy is effective as well as sustainable. • Identify where to begin: what to consider to ensure a solid start for your travel plan • Share in workable ideas: understand what will motivate your staff to change • Action your plan: strengthen logistics and alternative means of travel to make them viable options • Sustain and develop your plan: ensure longevity for your travel policy by looking to the future This is an…

Designed specifically for Transport Managers to offer a unique view point on NHS Transport services; attend this event a take away a fresh perspective on these key areas: Regulation Safety Contracting Procurement Commissioning Cost Saving A unique study day focused on NHS Transport services, this one day event will offer unrivalled insight into the innovative strategies services around the country are successfully incorporating. Attend and make sure you are meeting national standards and can deliver an efficient service provision. Solidify your understanding of how to run a successful transport service with insightful presentations from your peers and thought leaders. Now…

Are you trying to showcase the importance of your service whilst enhancing patient outcomes? Yes? Then this one day event is for you. Designed for Heads of Dietetics and Dietitians from across the NHS, this crucial event will enable you to explore different methods of innovating on your service. You will have access to a range of case studies which will reveal what is really working to improve outcomes and increase efficiency in trusts around the country. This event is your only opportunity to focus on these key areas: • Measuring the Value of your Dietetic Service • Meeting CQC…

This 90-minute webinar will help you understand what EU laws and regulations apply to IT infrastructure and are used in the workplace, including WEEE and RoHS Regulations, monitoring and tracking, information security, data protection, encryption controls, RFID and biometrics and BYOD (“bring your own device”) issues. Why Should You Attend: The EU laws and regulations that impact upon or relate to IT Risk Management are complex and varied. On the one hand business is expected to implement and monitor Compliance and on the other hand there are human rights, labor laws and data protection regulations that affect monitoring in the…

This webinar will help you understand the significant differences within the EU member states in relation to the way in which the Cookies laws within the 2009 E-Privacy Directive is being implemented and the challenges of complying with the Cookies law. Why Should You Attend: EU Directive 2009/136/EC amended Article 5(3) of the E-Privacy Directive and changed requirements from informed opt-out to informed opt-in. Subject to a very limited exception (the “strictly necessary” cookies), the use of cookies will only be allowed if the user has given his consent after being provided with clear and comprehensive information about why his…

This webinar will help you understand the significant differences within the EU member states in relation to the way in which ethical/whistleblower hotlines can be implemented within a multinational organization. Why Should You Attend: The increase in laws that require businesses to encourage employees to report suspected breaches of laws and regulations and to comply with business codes of conduct mean that ethical reporting and whistleblower hotlines are a business norm. However a “one size fits all” approach to implementation does not work and many businesses have suffered investigations, audits, fines and even litigation in the EU because they have…

In this 90-minute training you will learn more about SSAE 16 (formally known as SAS 70), SOC 1, SOC 2 and SOC 3 reporting, how to choose the right report for your organization and how to get ready for the attestation. Why Should You Attend: Companies are familiar with SAS70 reports, which were prepared following the AICPAs Statement of Auditing Standards No 70. The main focus was to provide assurance over service organizations’ controls over financial reporting. However, the landscape of compliance sometimes requires additional requirements such as security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy which did not directly correlate…