Meeting & Dinner: Six Sigma Successes at Baptist Hospital

Where
Comfort Suites - Airport
7619 Thorndike Rd
(off I-40, EXIT 210 for NC-68 S)

Greensboro, North Carolina 27409-9421
336-882-6666

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When
Mar 20, 2007 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

MARCH SECTION MEETING

Program: �Six Sigma Successes at North Carolina Baptist Hospital� by Er Ralston

Tutorial: TBD

Cost: $15.00 (free if only attending Speaker program).

Menu: Pizza (all kinds), salad, and drinks.

Program Details:
'Six Sigma Successes at North Carolina Baptist Hospital� by Er Ralston
Er will discuss how Six Sigma is being used at North Carolina Baptist Hospital to improve the quality of care while removing unnecessary cost. Baptist Hospital is an 821-bed teaching hospital that is the region's main tertiary referral center. It is part of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, an integrated health care system and one of the nation's preeminent academic medical centers. In the spring of 2004, NCBH launched a Six Sigma initiative with the DMAIC methodology. In the 3-year period since this initiative began, the organization has realized outstanding quantitative results benefiting patients, physicians, employees, and the community at large. Come hear how NCBH is making this happen, and how you can use similar approaches in your workplace.

Tutorial Details:
TBD by TBD

About the Presenter: Er is a longtime member of ASQ Section 1109. He is a quality management professional with a background of accomplishment in numerous operations and quality leadership interventions over the past 25 years. Since 2004, he has served as Six Sigma Master Black Belt for North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. He currently serves on the Board of for the North Carolina Award for Excellence, and previously served as a Senior Examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. He is an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer and a Juran Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and has taught process improvement, Six Sigma, customer-supplier relationships and other quality tools. Er�s work experience includes working as an Associate Consultant for the Juran Institute; as Director of Quality for Atrium Windows & Doors, and as Director of Quality for AMP Incorporated, Worldwide Connector Assembly Operations. His education includes a B.S. in Statistics from North Carolina State University and an MBA from UNC-Greensboro.

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