SHANNON M. BOSWELL
adpy5a@r.postjobfree.com
LEAN HEALTHCARE CONSULTANT
Sr. Performance Partnership Consultant • Danaher Business System Leader •
Healthcare Management • Lean Leader and Practice Coach • Hospital Compliance Management • Change Management • Improved Margins • Led Lean Strategy • Results Driven Leadership
WORK EXPERIENCE
Beckman Coulter, Brea, CA, a Danaher Company Jun 2015 - present
Senior Performance Partnership Consultant
Lean Consultant supporting sales with priority customers across the United States
●Primary consultant leading Lean strategy and implementation in a $70 million account
●Client cost savings of $400,000 annually by reducing waste
●Improved testing and reporting turnaround time through workload balancing activities
●Client cost savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars through inventory management
●Conducted virtual kaizen events with a large client (over 22 hospitals over multiple states) to identify and address lack of standardization
●100% resolution of middleware performance issues through kaizen
●100% resolution of service issues through FMEA (Failure Mode & Effects Analysis)
Rona Consulting Group, Seattle, WA Jan 2014 – Mar 2015
Consultant
Lean Transformation Consulting Group supporting healthcare clients of all sizes
●Facilitated and coached 25 week-long value stream mapping or kaizen workshops
●Mentored executive leaders through the certification process to deepen sponsorship support
●Development of local kaizen promotion offices to support and sustain Lean transformation
●Created efficiencies in the Emergency Departments, Radiology, Primary Care, Operating Room, Birth Center, and Hospital admit and discharge value streams by increasing patient through-put, and elimination of non-value added work
Providence Health and Services, Renton, WA
Lean Leader and Practice Coach Oct 2010 - Jan 2014
Transform Primary Care Clinics to Patient Centered Medical Homes utilizing Lean concepts and methodology
●Developed and implemented a patient-centered medical home with Premera Blue Cross; Achieved all metrics for full payout of the shared risk program
●Facilitated twelve 3P events for various outpatient settings including stand-alone urgent care, specialty clinics, and a 134,000 sq. ft. multi-specialty center
●Created training program and provided coaching for Shared Medical Appointment program throughout Washington State clinics
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
●Virginia Mason Medical Center, Manager of Ultrasound Department, Radiology Performance Improvement, Breast Imaging, and Image Management, 1996-2010
●Virginia Mason Medical Center, Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, 1986-2010
●Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, President, and Vice-President of the SDMS Board of Directors and SDMS Foundation, 2003-2013
EDUCATION
Seattle University, Seattle, WA 1986
Bachelor of Science in Diagnostic Medical Sonography
SKILLS
Lean Certification for Leaders, Virginia Mason Kaizen Promotion Office;
Danaher Business System Leaders Bootcamp;
Danaher Problem Solving Train the Trainer Certification;
Primary Care Practice Coach Collaborative Training, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Workout for Change Facilitators and Change Acceleration Process for Leaders (CAPFL)
Crucial Conversations and Crucial Confrontations
Skilled facilitator in the following concepts and methods:
3P, 5S, kaizen workshops, Daily Management, Visual Project Management, Problem Solving, Advancing Team Performance with Lean Leadership, Change Management, Workload-leveling, and Lean in the Laboratory
Shannon M. Boswell