Medical Center hires Lean leader

Often when companies hire executives, it's because of their proven track records in regard to financial matters. Leaders are traditionally brought on because they helped make a business more profitable or envisioned a new way to make more money. However, now companies are looking for leaders that will benefit organizations in other ways as well.

For example, California-based Alameda County Medical Center recently hired Varsha Chauhan to handle the organization's Lean healthcare transformation. As Fierce Healthcare notes, Chauhan has had experience integrating Lean practices at other healthcare facilities, which made her the ideal candidate for the position.

“In healthcare, in addition to cutting costs, Lean initiatives improve patient safety and reimbursement rates, and create new standards around transparency,” the news source adds. “That's creating demand for professionals who can implement Lean initiatives, which examine processes from end to end.”

With a growing focus on bolstering efficiency, many companies are beginning to look for business leaders with more expertise than simply creating new product lines – they want people who can deploy Lean strategies.