By using data to see patterns and trends, administrators can identify small changes that will help students make measurable ...

The healthcare industry faces the formidable challenges of rising costs and precarious profit margins. Elevated supply and labor costs, combined with structural revenue pressures, have created a ...

According to Jeffery Liker’s book, The Toyota Way, it’s estimated that most business processes are 90% waste and 10% value-added work. Value-added activities in a process are considered those that ...

Process improvement can be a frightening concept. For many people, it signals the start of a downsizing cycle or at least a period of uncomfortable change. The truth is, process improvement has been a ...

Last year, Omaha, Neb.-based Methodist Health System decided to create a road map for its ICD-10 adoption process, with the assistance of The Advisory Board Company. In the process, they discovered an ...

Not-for-profit health network seeks to optimize revenue capture, cash flow and organizational effectiveness through revenue cycle redesign, automation and enterprise-wide best practices "When ...

Industry Insights from Thomson Reuters Institute, a part of Thomson Reuters. How has the idea of process improvement taken hold within the legal industry in the wake of the pandemic? Fred Esposito of ...

The University of Tennessee at Martin set up a new process improvement facilitator position and gave the person who holds it no authority, no budget, and no staff. Yet that's the way he likes it, and ...