Ross Simon

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About Ross Simon

12 Publications 112 Citations A skilled Quality and Management Engineer in healthcare who develops, leads and facilitates teams that work on complex problems and new opportunities increasing productivity and improving employee safety. Facilitates/leads teams in Healthcare Quality, Periop. Services and Anesthesia Departments. Accomplishments include: Led High Level Disinfection corrective action effort to successfully resolve all issues Developed/implemented process that reduced employee injury up to 78% in several departments Developed methodology to manage IUSS Developed methodology to predict number of instrument kits required Increased 1st case on-time starts Designed/implemented standardized hand-offs process OR to PACU & ICU Designed/implemented process to prioritize add-on cases Designed/implemented process for purchasing OR instrumentation Standardized hip case breakdown process and reduced turnover time Developed Critical Path Equip Downtime Report: reduced unscheduled downtime by 50% Developed orthopaedic scheduling process, reduced scheduling cancellations by 73% SPEAKER: AORN Virtual Leadership Conference 2020 High Reliability in High-Level Disinfection: From Dream to Reality SPEAKER: AORN Leadership Conference 2019, Hot Topic! Making Hospitals a Safer Place to Work SPEAKER: AORN Surgical Conference & Expo 2018 Eliminating Waste is Not About Taking Out the Garbage SPEAKER: OR Manager Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct 3, 2017,"A Means for Reducing Workplace Injury" SPEAKER: Massachusetts Chapter for Central Service Professionals, September 24, 2016, It's not just about logs and loads, Bunker Hill Community College, Cambridge, MA SPEAKER AORN Surgical Conference & Expo 2016 It's not just about logs and loads SPEAKER: AORN Surgical Conference & Expo 2015 Employing Job Safety Behavioral Observation (JSBO) to Mitigate Workplace Injury, March 11, 2015 SPEAKER: American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, 2013 Chicago, IL, “Running your Practice Like a Business” SPEAKER: AORN 58th Congress 2011 Ortho Surgical Scheduling SPEAKER: AORN Leadership Conference 2010 Surgical Hip Kit Breakdown Going to Gemba with the Hip Kit Breakdown Team Specialties: Lean Healthcare Continuous Improvement Value Stream Process Mapping Quality Control Training/Development Team Process Management Team Leader/Facilitator Project Management Lean Manufacturing 5S and Kaisen Events Strategy Mapping Balanced Scorecard Key Performance Indicators Management of Change Safety/Ergonomics Product Development Operations and Equipment Quality Management Systems