To address a chronic problem with their billing department, the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System's Center for Emergency Medical Services (CEMS), a provider of emergency and non-emergency ambulance transport launched a six sigma quality initiative in 2001. Two employees were sent to Six Sigma training, and a sponsor and a team of content experts were assembled and briefed on Six Sigma concepts and methodologies. The team defined and measured the process, and obtained data from the Sy...

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6.4.1 Improve process/service performance
14.3.2 Implement an improvement approach/method/technique

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