Meet the newest graduates of Augusta University Health’s Lean Six Sigma course

After two days of training dedicated to operational excellence, the 2019 participants of the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt course at Augusta University Health received certificates of completion alongside Katrina Keefer, executive vice president for health affairs at Augusta University and chief executive officer for Augusta University Health System; Dr. Phillip Coule, vice president and chief medical officer for AU Health System; Anthony Horton, AU Health’s Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt curriculum developer and lead instructor, a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and manager of  the Department of Operational Excellence at AU Health; and Megan Furno, co-instructor of AU Health’s Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt course, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and senior operational excellence specialist in the Department of Operational Excellence.

AU Health’s Lean Six Sigma training is offered enterprise-wide, and this course was developed by the leadership of the Department of Operational Excellence to evaluate the Department of Emergency Medicine‘s processes to eliminate waste, increase productivity, capture lost revenue and improve patient and staff satisfaction.