Healthcare Professionals are Making Process Improvements After Attending the UAH Lean Healthcare Academy

Healthcare Professionals are Making Process Improvements After Attending the UAH Lean Healthcare Academy

Oct 20, 2017

Huntsville, AL September, 2017 Another 20 Huntsville Hospital System healthcare providers participated in the UAH Lean Healthcare Academy in 2017. Participants in the course included personnel from multiple locations in the Huntsville Hospital sy...

UAH OOE Celebrates Innova Primary Care’s Ribbon Cutting

UAH OOE Celebrates Innova Primary Care’s Ribbon Cutting

Oct 20, 2017

Huntsville, AL August 23, 2017 Innova Primary Care had their Ribbon Cutting with the Huntsville Madison County Chamber today, August 23 to celebrate their new clinic. There were several key components that were taken into account when designing ...

Huntsville Hospital MICU Celebrates 11 Months without a Central Line Infection

Huntsville Hospital MICU Celebrates 11 Months without a Central Line Infection

Oct 20, 2017

Huntsville, AL July 27, 2017 Huntsville Hospital’s Medical Intensive Care Unit is getting closer to its goal of zero infections. Last week, Director Regina Wilder provided a Chick-fil-A breakfast to thank her staff for working to elimi...

UAH Conducts Lean Healthcare Training at Huntsville Hospital

UAH Conducts Lean Healthcare Training at Huntsville Hospital

Mar 22, 2017

Huntsville, AL February and August, 2016 Over 40 Huntsville Hospital System healthcare providers participated in the UAH Lean Healthcare Academy in 2016. Participants in the course included personnel from Huntsville Hospital, Helen Keller Hospita...

Cutting Wait Times: Huntsville Hospital Works With UAH To Fight Wait Times, Inefficiency

Cutting Wait Times: Huntsville Hospital Works With UAH To Fight Wait Times, Inefficiency

Apr 16, 2014

UAH makes the news, as Joe Paxton, a lean healthcare practitioner in the Office for Operational Excellence, explains to WHNT how UAH is helping Huntsville Hospital apply lean concepts to reduce wait times and improve efficiency. Huntsville Hosp...

UAH ‘on leading edge’ in offering Lean Healthcare practices course

UAH ‘on leading edge’ in offering Lean Healthcare practices course

Apr 11, 2014

UAH is on "the leading edge of higher education institutions nationally" by combining its research, educational and training functions to offer Lean process instruction to healthcare practitioners, says a nationally known Lean instructor. Dr. Hugh...