Lean Six Sigma Project Summaries

Organized by Topic

1. InfectionsToggle Panel

   CLABSI Reduction

   Organizational Reduction of CLABSI To Meet National Benchmark Standards and Reduce Monetary Waste

   Team: North Kansas City Hospital — Jenni Kent, Nursing Director, and Julie Johnson, Nursing Director

   • Project summary
   • Recording

   Reducing CLABSI Infection Rate

   Team: Phelps Health — Brandy Parks, Nursing Shift Manager, and Preston Hodapp, Lean/Quality Improvement Specialist

   • Project summary
   • Recording

   CLABSI Reduction in Oncology Patients

   Team: SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital — Michelle Engle, Infection Preventionist, and Stacy Kuykendall, Quality Improvement Coordinator

   • Project summary
   • Recording

   CLABSI (Central Line Blood Infections)

   Team: Freeman Health System — Joyce Setser, Performance Improvement Analyst, and Chelsea Mertens, Infection Prevention Coordinator

   • Project summary
   • Recording

   Hand Hygiene

   Team: Lake Regional Health System — Ashley Mikles, Director of Progressive Care Director, and Mariah Swinker, Director of Home Health & Hospice

   • Project summary
   • Recording

   Hospital-Acquired COVID-19 Reduction

   Reducing Hospital-Acquired COVID-19

   Team: Salem Memorial District Hospital — Jack Linthicum, Cardiopulmonary Director, and Steve Lake, Utilization Review Coordinator

   • Project summary
   • Recording

   Clostridium difficile SIR Reduction

   Clostridium difficile SIR Reduction via BPA Compliance

   Team: Mercy Hospital St. Louis — Patti Warden, Senior Infection Prevention Specialist, and Sara Ottensmeyer, Quality Improvement Specialist

   • Project summary
   • Recording
2. SepsisToggle Panel

   Sepsis Bundle Improvement

   Emergency Department — 3 Hour Sepsis Bundle Process

   Team: Boone Health Center — Jose Velarde, Lead Process Improvement Engineer, and Rojina Basnet, Data Quality Analyst

   • Project summary
   • Recording

   Improving Our Sepsis Bundle Compliance

   Team: St. Joseph Medical Center — George Mitchell, Manager of Performance Improvement/Risk Management, and Teresa Collins, Regional Chief Nursing Officer

   • Project summary
   • Recording

   Antibiotic Administration to Severely Septic Patients

   Team: Christian Hospital Northeast — Brianna Hanks, Senior Clinical Quality Consultant, and Catrice Parke-Stacy, Performance Improvement Consultant

   • Project summary
   • Recording
3. Throughput & Systems ImprovementToggle Panel

   Admission Time Improvement

   Admission Time from ED to MedSurg

   Team: Mercy Hospital Carthage — Mindi Wilks, Manager – Operations, and April Hansen, Manager – Quality

   • Project summary
   • Recording

   Urinalysis Utilization Improvement

   Appropriate Urinalysis Utilization

   Team: Christian Hospital, BJC Healthcare — Cassie Pedersen, Performance Improvement Consultant, and Christina Lorch, Senior Performance Improvement Consultant

   • Project summary
   • Recording

   Urgent Care Improvement

   Urgent Care Throughput

   Team: Mercy Hospital Lincoln —  Stacy Veit, Quality Improvement Manager, and Jacob Kliethermes, Executive Director of Nursing

   • Project summary
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   Scheduling Efficiencies

   Team: Phelps Health — Katherine Ramsay, LEAN/Quality Improvement Specialist, and Kimberly Roach, Registered Nurse

   • Project summary
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   Patient Intake Improvement

   Team: Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital — Colleen Nickelson, RMA/Clinical Resource Coordinator, and Nic Wyatt, Central Billing Office Director

   • Project summary
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   Moving Clinical Trials Upstream

   Team: University of Missouri, School of Medicine — Tami Day, Performance Improvement Professional, and Britlyn Brown, Clinical Research Nurse

   • Project summary
   • Recording
4. CultureToggle Panel

   Purposeful Rounding

   Team: Mosaic Life Care — Lana Taylor, Patient Safety Manager, and Elizabeth Mitchell, Quality Improvement Consultant

   • Project summary
   • Recording
5. ReadmissionsToggle Panel

   Reduction of Respiratory Readmissions by Discharge Process

   Team: Perry County Health System — Susan Randolph, Quality Manager, and Carla Barber, Process Improvement Nurse

   • Project summary
   • Recording