The HASC Institute for Performance Excellence and the UCLA School of Public Health are hosting an executive forum titled Achieving Performance Excellence through Lean Transformation on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.

Lean principles can help executive teams to enhance their organizations’ value proposition and develop a continuous improvement culture that drives innovation, executes strategy successfully, improves financial performance, and achieves greater customer satisfaction. This event will feature dynamic, interactive sessions focusing on how leading health systems are achieving these results through the deployment of Lean.

The keynote speaker will be Christina St. Martin, Vice President of Performance Excellence, Stanford Health System. Sessions include the following topics and speakers:

Welcome and Introductions: Jennifer Wortham, Dr.PH, Executive Director, Institute for Performance Excellence

The UCLA “Lean” Operating System: Dr. David Feinberg, MD, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, UCLA Health System

Keynote Presentation – Lean Leadership: Amir Rubin, Chief Executive Officer, Stanford Health System

Building a Lean Culture: Sandy Smith, Sr. Vice President, Facilities, Construction and Operations, Hoag

Balancing the Lean Portfolio: Duane C. Rogers, PMP, CHC, Director, Performance Improvement, Kaiser Permanente, Northwest Region

Panel Discussion

• Steve Brandt, Director, Lean Six Sigma, Huntington Hospital
• Doug Gunderson, Executive Director, Inter-operative Services, UCLA Health System
• Felipe Osorno, Executive Director, Performance Excellence, UCLA Health System
• Christina St. Martin, Vice President of Performance Excellence, Stanford Health System
• Duane C. Rogers, PMP, CHC, Director, Performance Improvement, Kaiser Permanente, Northwest Region

Closing Remarks: Michele Graynor, Vice President of Hospital Operations and Performance Excellence, HASC

The forum will take place from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.; the cost for HASC members is $45.